Organized Crime Ring and Greater Montreal Toronto

sexual services: The accused are allegedly part of an Asian-based organized crime ring that operated bawdy houses in Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, according to Hamilton Spectator. They face a host of charges including procuring, procuring minors, advertising sexual services and gaining a material benefit from sexual services. Federal authorities announced Wednesday they'd struck against two major cells of the network in the last five days and arrested six people in the greater Montreal and Toronto areas. Other immigration-related charges could be laid later as well as serious gangsterism charges. They were then controlled and exploited by the prostitution ring and would be put to work across the country, said RCMP Const. Police say the alleged victims, mainly from Korea and China, received assistance from a criminal organization to enter the country either illegally through land crossings or with student and visitors visas obtained under false pretences. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.