{"id":821808,"date":"2026-07-23T23:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821808\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T23:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:03:08","slug":"human-trafficking-operation-victimized-woman-in-mississauga-and-toronto-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821808\/","title":{"rendered":"Human trafficking operation victimized woman in Mississauga and Toronto: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Mississauga man faces a rash of charges after police uncovered an alleged human trafficking operation they believe victimized a woman over a period of time.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Police said on Thursday that investigators with their human trafficking squad arrested a suspect on Wednesday after executing a search warrant at an address in Mississauga.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they launched their investigation in June, conducting the probe in both Toronto and Mississauga, and soon determined that a 32-year-old woman was trafficked \u201cthrough a combination of deception, coercion and control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, the victim \u201cwas forced to take sexualized pictures which were used to distribute online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Money earned by the woman was then \u201csurrendered\u201d to a man, police said in a news release on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Elijah Benjamin, 36, of Mississauga, is charged with:<\/p>\n<p>Assault<br \/>\nTheft Over $5,000<br \/>\nProcuring<br \/>\nAdvertising Another Person\u2019s Sexual Services<br \/>\nTrafficking in Persons Over 18<br \/>\nUttering Threats Cause Death<br \/>\nFinancial\/Material Benefit\/Trafficking Persons Over 18<br \/>\nMaterial Benefit from Sexual Services<\/p>\n<p>He was scheduled to appear in Toronto court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-835808\" class=\"wp-image-835808 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Benjamin-Elijah-from-Missy-charged-in-Toronto-human-trafficking-probe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"348\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-835808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elijah Benjamin, 36, of Mississauga. (Photo: Toronto Police)<\/p>\n<p>Police believe there may be more victims and they\u2019re urging them to contact investigators. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-4838 or email\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"1a726f777b746e687b7c7c73797173747d5a6e756875746e756a757673797f34757434797b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to ensure everyone (who has been victimized) has access to support services and an exit strategy, regardless of their decision to proceed criminally,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p>Human trafficking is committed by any person \u201cwho recruits, transports, transfers, receives, holds, conceals or harbours a person, or exercises control, direction or influence over the movements of a person for the purpose of exploiting them or facilitating their exploitation, for a sexual purpose or a forced labour purpose,\u201d police said, adding victims can be men, women or children.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 45,511 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,445,192 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    1432 VOTES<br \/>\n    Are you still boycotting products from the USA?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Mississauga man faces a rash of charges after police uncovered an alleged human trafficking operation they believe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-821808","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\/821808","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=821808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}