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 woman 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 underneath the age of 18, taking advantage of such trafficking, possession and distribution of kid pornography and luring a toddler underneath 18.
The woman is from the York area of Ontario and the offences allegedly occurred in Ontario.
Nonetheless, York Regional Police mentioned there could also be different victims and are asking they arrive ahead.
Barrett was a goalkeeper on the lads’s soccer crew at St. F.X. however is not listed on the web roster. He beforehand performed soccer at a university in West Virginia.
On Dec. 29, St. F.X. administration despatched a discover to college students after it discovered of the arrest.
“Please notice that the college has not been contacted by authorized authorities, and we aren’t 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 intently to make sure the security of our group, which is at all times our precedence. This consists of making an attempt to realize extra info from the York Regional Police concerning the file.”