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Regina police say a Calgary man has been arrested and charged with human trafficking offences after a lengthy investigation spanning two provinces.<\/p>\n
Abdoulaye Gadjiko, 28, is accused of forcing a woman into the sex trade and profiting from the crime, Deputy police Chief Laurel Marshall said.<\/p>\n
Marshall told media Wednesday the sixth-month investigation, dubbed Project Anchor, began in November after Regina police received a tip about a possible human trafficking situation. <\/p>\n
Marshall said it’s rare in such cases for there to be only one victim. <\/p>\n
“We would believe that there are several victims out there,” Marshall said, adding holding people accountable for human trafficking will hopefully encourage victims to contact police.<\/p>\n
She said the offences happened in Regina and across western Canada between December 2023 and November 2025. <\/p>\n
The Regina Police Service’s vice unit investigated the case, along with Calgary police and the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team’s human trafficking enforcement unit.<\/p>\n
Gadjiko was arrested in Calgary on May 20, and officers searched four homes, one business and a vehicle in Calgary during the investigation, Marshall said. <\/p>\n
He faces several charges: <\/p>\n
Human traffickingMaterial benefit resulting from traffickingProcuringMaterial benefit from sexual servicesAdvertising sexual servicesPossession of proceeds of crime over $5,000Money laundering\u00a0Failing to comply\u00a0with conditions<\/p>\n
Marshall declined to say whether Gadjiiko was known to Regina police.<\/p>\n
She said human trafficking investigations are often complex and that charges have rarely been laid in Regina. The last charge she is aware of was laid in 2019. <\/p>\n
Regina police have helped in investigations where charges are laid in other jurisdictions, and they continue to investigate cases in Regina. <\/p>\n
“Our priority is always the victim’s safety and allowing them to escape or to get out of their situation and to be able to be safe,” Marshall said.<\/p>\n
“Following up with investigations and prosecutions is secondary to that.” <\/p>\n
Gadjiko made his first appearance in provincial court in Regina on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-698419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}