Seven people from the Greater Toronto Area have been charged following an investigation into a commercial sex trade organization.
The OPP Anti-Human Trafficking Investigation Coordination Team along with the Canadian Border Services Agency, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada and 12 Ontario police services laid 32 charges as part of Project Cedition.
The commercial sex trade organization rotated victims around apartments in Ottawa, Kingston, Belleville, Kitchener, London, Oshawa, Peterborough, Sarnia and Sudbury providing sexual services to clients responding to online advertisements.
During the search warrants, police restrained four properties and four vehicles and the organization was dismantled on July 14.