Alberta investigation leads to human trafficking charges [Video]

Alberta RCMP say charges have been laid in connection with a human trafficking investigation.

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In early February, Cochrane RCMP launched an investigation into potential sex trafficking.

“The complainant who came forward reported that she had been the victim of human and sex trafficking at the hands of a male she had met over an online dating site,” said Sgt. Matt Pumphrey of the Cochrane RCMP.

After a brief consensual relationship, the victim told police the man began to traffick her.

Pumphrey said between 2004 and 2007, the male arranged meetings between the victim and other males, drove her to the locations, collected money and took her to other appointments.

The appointments took place throughout Calgary and Cochrane, he said.

Over the nine-month …