{"id":821217,"date":"2026-07-23T17:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821217\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:00:11","slug":"mississauga-man-charged-in-human-trafficking-case-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821217\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississauga man charged in human trafficking case: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto police say a 36\u2011year\u2011old Mississauga man has been arrested and charged in a human trafficking investigation that began last month and involved allegations of coercion, deception and financial control over a 32\u2011year\u2011old woman.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators with the Human Trafficking Unit launched the probe in June 2026, focusing on incidents that occurred in both Toronto and Mississauga. <\/p>\n<p>Police allege the accused trafficked the victim \u201cthrough a combination of deception, coercion, and control,\u201d forcing her to take sexualized photos that were then distributed online. Officers say the money earned through the victim\u2019s sexual services was surrendered to the accused and kept by him.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, July 22, officers executed a search warrant at a Mississauga address, where they located and arrested Elijah Benjamin. Benjamin is charged with assault, theft over $5,000, procuring, advertising another person\u2019s sexual services, trafficking in persons over 18, among other related offences. <\/p>\n<p>He was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Police say an image of the accused has been released and believe there may be additional victims who have not yet come forward.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators or reach out anonymously through Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n<p>These allegations have not yet been proven in court.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto police say a 36\u2011year\u2011old Mississauga man has been arrested and charged in a human trafficking investigation that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-821217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mississauga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821217","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=821217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}