A Toronto man is facing charges following a human-trafficking investigation.
In the summer of 2026, a female victim came forward to police and reported being exploited within the sex trade between June 2024 and October 2025. Members of DRPS’s Human Trafficking Unit conducted an extensive investigation.
The suspect recruited the victim through a mutual friend and forced her into the sex-trade industry, exploiting her throughout the Greater Toronto Area.
On November 2, 2026, members of DRPS’s Human Trafficking Unit executed a search warrant at the residence of the accused in Toronto. He was arrested without incident.
Jean Peralta Marseille, age 42, of Toronto, is charged with trafficking in persons, material benefit from sexual services, procuring / exercising control, advertising sexual services, withholding or destroying identity documents, and possession of a Schedule I Substance x3.
Investigators believe there may be further victims and are releasing an image of the suspect.
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact D/Cst. Jawando of the the Human Trafficking Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5699.
