ANTIGONISH, N.S. —
ANTIGONISH, N.S. —
A primary-year scholar at St. Francis Xavier College has been charged with human trafficking-related offences in Ontario.
Justin Barrett, 20, of Brampton, Ont., was arrested by York Regional Police in December for allegedly exploiting a 16-year-old lady within the intercourse commerce and forcing her to show over her earnings.
Barrett faces a number of prices, together with the procurement and trafficking of individuals below the age of 18, making the most of such trafficking, possession and distribution of kid pornography and luring a baby below 18.
The lady is from the York area of Ontario and the offences allegedly occurred in Ontario.
Nevertheless, York Regional Police mentioned there could also be different victims and are asking they arrive ahead.
Barrett was a goalkeeper on the boys’s soccer crew at St. F.X. however is not listed on the net roster. He beforehand performed soccer at a school in West Virginia.
On Dec. 29, St. F.X. administration despatched a discover to college students after it realized of the arrest.
“Please word that the college has not been contacted by authorized authorities, and we’re not conscious of any allegations of felony exercise inside our group associated to this particular person presently,” reads the e-mail from Elizabeth Yeo, the college’s vice-president of scholars.
“The college will probably be monitoring and reviewing the scenario carefully to make sure the protection of our group, which is at all times our precedence. This contains making an attempt to realize extra info from the York Regional Police concerning the file.”