12 Ontario men, 1 American arrested in Niagara for trafficking young people: police [Video]

Thirteen men have been arrested at a Niagara Falls, Ont., hotel and charged in connection with human trafficking of young people, police say.

The suspects, who range in age from 20 to 60, face charges related to child luring, obtaining sexual services and inviting sexual exploitation of a young person, say Niagara police.

The arrests took place between Jan. 31 and Feb. 3, and come after the Niagara Regional Police Service’s human trafficking unit connected online with young people believed to be offering sexual services for money. 

The men who were arrested are mostly from the Niagara Region. One is from Windsor, Ont., and another is from Buffalo, N.Y., police say. Their names weren’t published due to court-ordered publication bans. 

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