Toronto - The first human trafficking charge laid in Canada has culminated in the conviction of a 24-year-old man from Longueuil, Que.
Jacques Leonard-St. Vil pleaded guilty Monday to human trafficking in a Brampton, Ont. court and to living off the avails of prostitution.
He was released, as his time already served since his arrest in May 2007 was credited as double toward his 36-month sentence.
The victim is a Montreal woman who was 20 when she was recruited to work in a Mississauga, Ont. strip club in December 2006.
Police said that over four months, the woman was severely beaten while earning $60,000 in three strip clubs and handed it all to Leonard-St. Vil.
Though this was the first human trafficking charge laid in Canada since the offence came into the Criminal Code three years ago, it marks the second such conviction in Peel Region. A young man arrested last December pleaded guilty in May to the trafficking of two teenaged girls.
Man convicted in first human trafficking charge laid in Canada
- Published on November 12, 2008
- Published on July 2, 2010
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The Canadian Press
The first human trafficking charge laid in Canada has culminated in the conviction of a 24-year-old man from Longueuil, Que.
Jacques Leonard-St. Vil pleaded guilty Monday to human trafficking in a Brampton, Ont. court and to living off the avails of prostitution.
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