Ottawa Girls, 15, Charged With Human Trafficking
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In a shocking case believed to be a first in Canada, Ottawa police have charged two 15-year-old girls with forcing other girls into prostitution.
Police are seeking a third female suspect who is 17, making this alleged ring of pimps almost unheard of in its under-age, all-girl makeup.
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Police allege the three victims, ranging in age from 13 to 17, were lured to a residence in a public housing development in southeast Ottawa on three separate occasions in May and June for what were billed as innocent social reasons, but then were driven to other locations for the purposes of prostitution.
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Police have said there is no indication any men, or known pimps, or gang members or anyone else at all was involved.
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This is... very odd and thoroughly disgusting. I feel awful for the girls who were the victims of this. The charges are human trafficking, robbery, procuring, forcible confinement, sexual assault, assault, uttering threats and abduction.