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Human-trafficking ring pimped out girls as young as 15 TORONTO - Toronto Police arrested nine people and are on the hunt for one more after busting a national human-trafficking ring that pimped out girls as young as 15. The accused allegedly recruited vulnerable women from group homes, dance clubs and schools in Ontario, Nova Scotia, Alberta and Edmonton, police say. The suspects would use social media to meet recruits and later use the Internet to advertise the girls’ services to would-be johns, according to police. The girls and women ranged in age from 15 to 33. Investigators believe there are others who haven’t come forward. The suspects, all allegedly affiliated with a gang in northwest Toronto, are accused of luring the victims by befriending them, romancing them, buying them lavish gifts and providing them with alcohol or drugs. The girls and women would then be forced to prostitute themselves and turn over the money to the accused, police said. The accused allegedly physically assaulted the victims to try to control them. Marcus Cumsille, 21, Joel Edwards, 22, Tyronne Matthews, 20, Felix Vasquez, 19, Symisha Murray, 19, Abdulwahab Sheik, 18, Kron Christie, 32, Chanelle Espinosa, 20, and Shane Hendry, 18, all of Toronto, face various prostitution, trafficking and drug charges. Police are on the hunt for Levi Alexander, 19, of Toronto. |