Detectives with the Peterborough Police Service Human Trafficking Unit have made two arrests in connection with a five-month investigation.
During the investigation, officers learned that a female victim had been befriended by the accused woman and forced into sex work, assaulted and held for a period of time in another city before she was able to escape.
On Monday, August 11, 2025, officers on general patrol located a 26-year-old Peterborough woman wanted on warrants for:
- Assault causing bodily harm
- Forcible confinemen
- Material benefit from sexual services (living off the avails)
- Material benefit resulting from trafficking in persons
- Procuring
- Traffick in persons
- Fail to comply with probation order x2
The accused is currently bound by two probation orders with the following condition: to keep the peace and be of good behaviour.
The accused was taken into custody and appeared in court August 12, 2025.
On Thursday, August 14, 2025, detectives with the Human Trafficking Unit acting on an arrest warrant took a 33-year-old Bowmanville man into custody. He is charged with:
- Forcible confinement
- Material benefit from sexual services (living off the avails)
- Material benefit resulting from trafficking in persons
- Procuring
- Traffick in persons
- Sexual Assault
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
- Assault with a Weapon
- Pointing a Firearm
- Possession of Firearm or Ammunition contrary to Prohibition Order
The accused is currently bound by a prohibition order with the condition to not possess any firearm.
The accused is being held in custody and will appear in court today, August 15, 2025.
As part of the investigation, a search warrant was conducted at a residence in Durham Region with the assistance of the Durham Region Police Tactical Unit.
