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Thugs from N.S. group recruit, pimp out women, girls across region, say cops, women’s advocates
By Jennifer O'Brien, The London Free Press
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 7:25:56 EDT PM
A notoriously violent gang rooted in Nova Scotia is recruiting girls and young women in Southwestern Ontario and pimping them out along the Highway 401 corridor, say police and women’s advocates.
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The gang has been connecting with area girls and women for more than a year, said the head of the London Abused Women’s Centre that has been focused on victims of sex trafficking.
“These are very dangerous people and these girls are terrified,” Megan Walker said.
“They are trafficking guns, drugs and women and they are settling in Southwestern Ontario from Windsor up to Toronto.”
Since January the centre has helped 134 women and girls who say they’ve been trafficked and 75 at risk of being trafficked, Walker said.
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The gang has been connecting with area girls and women for more than a year, said the head of the London Abused Women’s Centre that has been focused on victims of sex trafficking.
“These are very dangerous people and these girls are terrified,” Megan Walker said.
“They are trafficking guns, drugs and women and they are settling in Southwestern Ontario from Windsor up to Toronto.”
Since January the centre has helped 134 women and girls who say they’ve been trafficked and 75 at risk of being trafficked, Walker said.
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Link: http://www.lfpress.com/2016/07/26/thugs-from-ns-group-recruit-pimp-out-women-girls-across-region-say-cops-womens-advocates
Earlier, from the CBC:
Dismantled Toronto gang Heart of a King evolved from North Preston's Finest
Last Updated: Jun 03, 2016 6:41 PM AT
Toronto police say a violent gang that was dismantled in a large-scale bust in Toronto and Montreal evolved from North Preston's Finest, a Nova Scotia gang that has been active for two decades.
Four men with Nova Scotia connections are among the more than 50 people arrested in Project Sizzle, the police investigation that targeted a gang called Heart of a King, or HOK.
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"I can advise that the HOK criminal organization evolved from a well-known street gang in Nova Scotia known as North Preston's Finest," Insp. Bryan Bott with the Toronto Police Service told reporters on Friday.
"This criminal organization was most active in the downtown core of Toronto with most of their criminal activity centred around adult entertainment establishments and local bars."
Four men with Nova Scotia connections are among the more than 50 people arrested in Project Sizzle, the police investigation that targeted a gang called Heart of a King, or HOK.
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"I can advise that the HOK criminal organization evolved from a well-known street gang in Nova Scotia known as North Preston's Finest," Insp. Bryan Bott with the Toronto Police Service told reporters on Friday.
"This criminal organization was most active in the downtown core of Toronto with most of their criminal activity centred around adult entertainment establishments and local bars."
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/gang-arrest-toronto-north-preston-finest-1.3615623