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http://torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/30930
Three arrests in Human Trafficking investigation,
One man, two women, face 30 charges,
Photographs of the three people released
Broadcast time: 14:13
Friday, January 16, 2015
Sex Crimes
416-808-7474
On Thursday, January 15, 2015, the Toronto Police Service Human Trafficking Enforcement Team, and members of 51 Division, started an investigation into a Human Trafficking occurrence.
It is alleged that:
- a 27-year-old woman was recruited into the sex trade
- the woman was forced to work over a period of five days from multiple motels in the Toronto area
- the woman was transported throughout the GTA to work
- the woman was forced to hand over her monies to a man
- the woman was able to escape
- two days later, the man located the victim and her boyfriend
- the man, and another man, assaulted the woman and her boyfriend
- the two men kidnapped the woman at gunpoint and put her in the trunk of a vehicle
- the two men assaulted the woman's boyfriend, tied him up, and robbed him of his personal property
On Thursday, January 15, 2015, at 2 a.m., Toronto Police located the woman and arrested three people.
Matthew Deiaco, 29, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with:
1) Procuring person to provide sexual services
2) Exercise Control
3) Material Benefit from Sexual Services
4) Trafficking in Persons by Recruiting
5) Trafficking in Persons Financial Benefit
6) Assault with a Weapon
7) Pointing a Firearm
8) Uttering Death Threats
9) Armed Robbery
10) Kidnapping
11) two counts of Forcible Confinement
12) Assault Cause Bodily Harm
13) Use of imitation Firearm During Commission of an Indictable Offence
Carla Whyte, 29, of Oshawa, was arrested and charged with:
1) Assault with a Weapon
2) Uttering Death Threats
3) Armed Robbery
4) Kidnapping
5) two counts of Forcible Confinement
6) Use of imitation Firearm During Commission of an Indictable Offence
7) Pointing a Firearm
8) Assault Cause Bodily Harm
Michelle Karabin, 29, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with:
1) Procuring person to provide sexual services
2) Material Benefit from Sexual Services
3) Exercise Control
4) Trafficking in Persons by Recruiting
5) Trafficking in Persons Financial Benefit.
6) Kidnapping
7) Forcible Confinement
All three people were scheduled to appear in court at College Park on Friday, January 16, 2015, 10 a.m.
Police believe there may be more victims.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7474, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook. Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.
For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.
Constable Jenifferjit Sidhu, Corporate Communications, for Detective Constable Peter Brady, Human Trafficking Enforcement Team
Three arrests in Human Trafficking investigation,
One man, two women, face 30 charges,
Photographs of the three people released
http://torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/files/NR.30930.1421434430.jpg
Above: Matthew Deiaco, 29, arrested in Human Trafficking Investigation
Three arrests in Human Trafficking investigation,
One man, two women, face 30 charges,
Photographs of the three people released
http://torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/files/NR.30930.1421434440.jpg
Above: Carla Whyte, 29, arrested in Human Trafficking Investigation
Three arrests in Human Trafficking investigation,
One man, two women, face 30 charges,
Photographs of the three people released
http://torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/files/NR.30930.1421434446.jpg
Above: Michelle Karabin, 29, arrested in Human Trafficking Investigation
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