33岁的渥太华男子Zhao Liu被警方指控贩卖人口并组织卖淫等罪名共76项
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http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...an-ran-massage-parlour-human-trafficking-ring
Three Asian women who didn’t speak a word of English stood on the doorstep of a Merivale Road massage parlour Monday morning as police began combing through the house, one of three police raided, leading to 76 charges against one man.
Three search warrants were executed in Ottawa on Monday after a four-month probe into an alleged human trafficking ring. The charges come as the future of the Ottawa Police Service’s human trafficking unit that launched the investigation hangs in the balance while police officials decide whether to make the pilot program permanent.
Tactical officers raided the New Edinburgh home of the alleged ringleader and his wife on Charles Street just minutes before the Merivale bust. Police also raided a high-end condo on York Street, where they found another woman suspected of being trafficked.
Police seized $14,000 in cash and found alleged evidence that money was being exchanged for sexual service at the Merivale home.
Zhao Liu, 33, faces 76 charges — involving 17 alleged victims — including recruiting, procuring, and advertising the sexual services of others.
Police have said he is known to them. He was previously charged with human trafficking offences in 2013. In 2014, he was charged with breaching his conditions.
Liu’s wife was released without charges.
The massage parlour project began in April when the trafficking unit was assisting border services and bylaw officers with a three-day sweep of Asian massage parlours in the city. It was then that police identified multiple locations where women, linked to one man and some in the country illegally, were working.
All of the locations were rental properties. Police were able to see that the same person was posting similar ads on Backpage.com for different locations.
Police raided one of the homes months ago. The women who had been working there were removed. Yet days later, police again started receiving complaints from neighbours who noticed the excessive traffic to and from the home. A new crop of workers had showed up. Sgt. Jeff Leblanc called it a “revolving door” of women, which raised police suspicion about who these women were.
The residential spots were advertised as massage parlours, but police believe they offered sexual services.
The priority for the trafficking pilot project is investigating conditions where people are working in the sex trade against their will, said Leblanc. In addition to the sergeant, four detectives — two men and two women — along with a crime analyst round out the unit.
“With only four investigators, it’s tough sometimes,” Leblanc said.
That’s especially the case with human trafficking cases which, unlike other crimes, are not guided by provincial legislation. That means investigators must work on all aspects of the case, from the investigation to supervising victims at court to guard against threats of intimidation, explained Leblanc.
Police began the two-year pilot in October 2013 with officers loaned from other sections.
The unit will now have to present a business case for full-time status. At the very least, officers hope the unit will be made permanent but are looking for additional investigators to be added to the small staff. For either of those changes to be made, the police force needs to grow.
Chief Charles Bordeleau has already committed to asking the police board to hire 75 new officers over the next three years.
Bordeleau identified combating violence against women as one of his key initiatives for the police force. The unit, as a branch of that arm, is investigating threats, violence and extortion against women. All of the victims in human trafficking cases in Ottawa, to date, have been female.
“The priority (to extend the unit) should be pretty high,” Leblanc says.
Liu appeared in court for a bail hearing Tuesday.
The women, whose status in Canada is being investigated, were taken to the police station to be interviewed via an interpreter. No charges were laid against them.
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http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-man...ng-charges-in-massage-parlour-probe-1.2564528
CTV Ottawa
Published Tuesday, September 15, 2015 3:04PM EDT
Ottawa police have charged an Ottawa man with 76 human trafficking offences following a lengthy investigation into an organized prostitution and human trafficking ring.
They have identified 17 women as victims.
Police say in late April, they discovered the prostitution/human trafficking operation during a community safety project focusing on massage parlours.
“A follow-up investigation identified links between several locations which advertised sexual services," said Sgt. Jeff Leblanc with the Ottawa Police Human Trafficking Unit.
Police executed search warrants for three locations. The first was in the 1-100 block of Charles St., the second in the 2000 block of Merivale Rd., and the third in the 900 block of York St.
Police say two of the three locations were operating as massage parlours.
As a result of the investigation, 33-year-old Zhao Liu of Ottawa has been charged with 76 criminal offences linked to 17 adult female victims who have been identified.
His charges include recruiting for human trafficking, receiving material benefits from human trafficking, procuring persons to provide sexual services for consideration, advertising another person’s sexual services, and possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000.
Four victims, all women, were located by police during the search warrants which were executed on Monday. They have all been interviewed by police.
Police also seized $14,000 in cash, and arrested a second adult suspect, a woman who has been released without charge.
The police investigation is ongoing.
