Trafficked foreigners found working in Ontario lived in deplorable conditions [Video]

Police say three people have been convicted in relation to a Ontario human trafficking investigation involving foreign nationals.

The RCMP and CBSA said the probe started in 2018 when foreign nationals entered Canada through Toronto and Montreal’s international airports “as visitors.”

“The investigation revealed these individuals were trafficked into employment in different lines of work, mostly in the Hamilton-Niagara Region, through employment agencies operated by members of the group who had facilitated their entry into Canada,” police said.

Investigators allege the foreign nationals were “exploited by the group members and their respective companies.”

In July and September 2019, police said during several search warrants in Hamilton and Milton they made a “deplorable” discovery.

They found 84 foreign nationals living in “deplorable conditions” — with upwards of 25 people living in one house — and other homes infested with bed bugs, cockroaches and other vermin, investigators said.

The investigation led …