Police in Ontario’s Halton region have arrested three people and laid multiple charges against them for allegedly trafficking and forcing a woman into the sex trade throughout the southern part of the province.
Robert Collingwood, 32, and Taylor Bousfield, 28, both of Hamilton, Ont., along with 37-year-old Patrick Benson, whose city of residence is unknown, have been arrested by Halton Regional Police following a human trafficking investigation, according to a Sept. 5 news release.
The three are accused of using coercion, manipulation, physical violence, and psychological abuse to control an adult woman, whom they allegedly sexually exploited across Southern Ontario from January to April 2024 for financial gain….