Thirty-two people have been charged and 16 victims have been saved in a cross-country effort to crack down on human trafficking. Fifty-three police forces and nearly 400 officers across Canada worked in co-ordination to carry out Operation Northern Spotlight Tuesday, Oct. 18.
A second arrest has been made in an ongoing police investigation. Omar Dewdney, 29, of Toronto was arrested on Sept. 4. He faces 28 charges, including trafficking a person under the age of 18, forcible confinement and living off the avails of prostitution.