{"id":821710,"date":"2026-07-23T22:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821710\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:03:08","slug":"human-trafficking-arrest-mississauga-man-facing-several-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821710\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Trafficking Arrest: Mississauga man facing several charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A 36-year-old man from Mississauga is accused of trafficking a woman and keeping her earnings, as well as forcing her to take sexualized pictures and distributing them online. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In June, Toronto police\u2019s Human Trafficking Unit launched an investigation in Toronto and Mississauga after learning that a female victim had been subject to a \u201ccombination of deception, coercion, and control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On Wednesday, a Criminal Code search warrant was executed at an address in Mississauga. There, officers found and arrested Elijah Benjamin, 36, of Mississauga. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He has been charged with assault, theft over $5,000, procuring, advertising another person\u2019s sexual services. trafficking in persons over 18, uttering threats cause death, financial\/material benefit\/trafficking persons over 18, and material benefit from sexual services. These charges have not been tested in court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The accused was scheduled to appear in bail court that morning.<\/p>\n<p>Police believe there could be more victims<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police believe there may be more victims and are encouraging anyone who may have been victimized to come forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This human trafficking investigation is ongoing and anyone with further information is asked to contact Toronto police at 416-808-4838 or <a href=\"http:\/\/humantrafficking@torontopolice.on.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">humantrafficking@torontopolice.on.ca<\/a>, or Crime Stoppers anonymously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">If you or someone you know is struggling with sexual assault or trauma, the following resources are available to support people in crisis:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 36-year-old man from Mississauga is accused of trafficking a woman and keeping her earnings, as well as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[712,49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-821710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mississauga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821710","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=821710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}