SELECTED CASE LAW
ONTARIO:
[2008] OJ No 6022 (ONCJ)
In [2008] OJ No 6022 (ONCJ), Mr. N pleaded guilty to a number of offences, including trafficking and living under the avails of prostitution. Ms. B was homeless and providing sexual services for money from the age of 14. When she was 15, Mr. N began controlling her provision of sexual services. A log book Ms. B kept of her records estimated that she turned approximately $360,000 to Mr. B. When Ms. B tried to leave, Mr. N threatened her, threatened to harm her family, assaulted her and told her that she would have to pay a $100,000 exit fee. Another young woman, Ms. S, a 14-year-old ward of the Children’s Aid Society, estimated that she gave $65,000 she had been paid for sexual services to Mr. B. Mr. B used photographs of the girls to solicit clients for the two girls and communicated with clients through his cell phone.
Mr. B was sentenced to 5 years of incarceration.
Criminal Offence(s): Human Trafficking and Advertising Sexual Services