Girls subjected to violence, intimidation, drugging and exploitation worked as prostitutes in Vancouver, North Vancouver, Richmond, Nanaimo, Calgary and Edmonton and Montreal.
The Supreme Court of Canada said it won’t hear the appeal of a B.C. man with 30 convictions connected to sex trafficking of females under 18.That court found Reza Moazami had not established a miscarriage of justice.
In a separate decision, the court also threw out an appeal of a conviction of obstruction of justice and breach of a no-contact order.The girls had worked as prostitutes in Vancouver, North Vancouver, Richmond, Nanaimo, Calgary and Edmonton and Montreal.
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