The Saskatoon Police Service Vice and Human Trafficking Unit has made several arrests in connection to an investigation involving sexual services.

On December 7, 2022, investigators conducted an operation designed to apprehend persons responsible for purchasing sexual services from high risk sex workers. A total of four men were arrested as a result of the operation. The men, ages 27, 29, 45, and 53 are all charged with Communicating for the Purpose of Obtaining Consideration of Sexual Services.

The Saskatoon Police Service would like to remind the public that communicating to obtain or obtaining sexual services for a consideration in any place, public or private, is illegal. Those purchasing sexual services may be contributing to the exploitation of minors, trafficking in persons and proliferation of organized crime in the community. The Vice and Human Trafficking Unit employs a number of strategies designed to reduce exploitation in the sex trade; including demand enforcement, proactive outreach to vulnerable persons, and the disruption of those responsible for trafficking persons.

The SPS Vice and Human Trafficking Unit also works to connect victims and survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation within the sex trade with the community resources they need. If anyone has information or a tip regarding a possible human trafficking case, please visit www.canadianhumantraffickinghotline.ca or call the SPS at 306-975-8300.

(Occurrence Numbers: 22-144058, 22-144059, 22-144060, 22-144061)