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53-year-old arrested and charged for Human Trafficking-related offences
[271 words] 10/6/2023 8:51am
In August 2023, the Greater Sudbury Police Service Integrated Crime Section began a Human Trafficking-related investigation after receiving a report from a survivor of multiple sexual assaults and incidents of forcible confinement. To protect the survivor’s identity, no further details will be provided. As a result of the investigation, just after 7:00 a.m. on October 5, 2023, a search warrant was
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IJFS Assists 61 Victims of Human Trafficking – 239 Charges Laid
[497 words] 2/22/2023 5:22am
The Provincial Human Trafficking Intelligence-led Joint Forces Strategy (IJFS) members from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Toronto Police Service (TPS), Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) and Treaty Three Police Service (T3PS) shared human trafficking statistics to show the cooperative work of the strategy and the complexity of human trafficking investigations. Since the IJFS was created
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54 year old Man Arrested and Charged with Sexual Violence-related Offences
[303 words] 5/27/2022 9:10am
On May 25, 2022, Detectives entered into a Human Trafficking-related Investigation involving a youth under the age of 16. Due to the sensitive nature of the incident and in order to protect the Survivor’s identity, no further details will be provided. On May 26, 2022, Detectives from our Integrated Crime Team and our Missing Persons Investigator from the Major Crime Section of our Criminal Investi
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World Day Against Human Trafficking in Persons
[490 words] 7/30/2021 4:16am
Today, July 30, 2021, is the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Human trafficking is a criminal offence that involves the exploitation of a person through force, coercion, threat, fraud or deception, for the financial gain of the exploiter. Domestic Sex Trafficking, specifically, occurs when a person controls, manipulates and intimidates another person into providing sexual services where t
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44 year old Man Arrested and Charged with Human Trafficking-related Offences
[270 words] 5/13/2021 5:57am
In March of this year, Detectives from the Major Crime Section of our Criminal Investigation Division initiated an investigation into allegations of historical and ongoing Human Trafficking incidents involving a man from Greater Sudbury. Through the investigation, Detectives established reasonable grounds to arrest and charge the man responsible. Just before 2:45 p.m. on May 12, 2021, Detectives l
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High Risk Vehicle Stop: Man Wanted for Human Trafficking, Firearms and Domestic Violence Offences
[256 words] 10/2/2020 12:07pm
On Wednesday, September 30 th, 2020, the Greater Sudbury Police Service received a request from the Toronto Police Service to assist in locating a wanted fugitive believed to be in the Greater Sudbury area. As a result, on the evening of October 1 st, 2020, the GSPS Integrated Crime Section, Major Crime Section and Emergency Response Unit (Tactical Unit) conducted a high risk vehicle stop and safe