Human trafficking charges laid against owners of Calgary cleaning company
Human trafficking charges have been laid against the owners of a Calgary-based cleaning company who are alleged to have recruited and financially exploited foreign nationals.
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Posted: Apr 13, 2021 9:54 AM MT | Last Updated: April 13
Upon arriving in the country, the employees are believed to have been exploited for personal financial gain, the RCMP release said.(David Bell/CBC)
Human trafficking charges have been laid against a husband and wife who own a Calgary-based cleaning company after an 18-month investigation by law enforcement.
Amelita Layco, 50, and Macario Layco, 49, are alleged to have recruited employees through Canada s Temporary Foreign Worker Program, RCMP said in a press release on Tuesday.
A Calgary couple has been charged with human trafficking following an 18-month investigation that revealed they were taking advantage of foreign nationals.
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A Calgary man has been charged in relation to an international trafficking scheme to export methamphetamine from Alberta to Australia following a months-long investigation.
The Integrated Border Enforcement Team (IBET) arrested and charged the 31-year-old man with multiple drug trafficking offences after seizing about three kilograms of methamphetamine that was being shipped to Australia, according to a release from RCMP.
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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers located two boxes of crystalline powder later determined to be meth being shipped to Australia in September 2020. The investigation was passed to IBET, a federal policing unit based in Calgary and Edmonton with members of the local RCMP, CBSA and Calgary police.
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