The charges are additional to a human trafficking investigation conducted by the Toronto Police Service's human trafficking unit. In the first case, he allegedly trafficked a 32-year-old woman through deception, coercion, and control, forcing her to take sexualized pictures that were distributed online; the money she earned was surrendered to him. In a second case, he allegedly committed similar acts against another 32-year-old woman, leading to charges on 30/07/2026 for procuring, trafficking by recruiting, advertising sexual services, living on avails of prostitution, material benefit from sexual services, assault with a weapon, and two counts of assault. In a third case, he allegedly used coercion and control to recruit a 31-year-old woman into the sex trade and sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions. Benjamin was previously known as Eric Smart and also uses the aliases Jay and Jason. The investigation is ongoing.
The charges are additional to a human trafficking investigation conducted by the Toronto Police Service's human trafficking unit. In the first case, he allegedly trafficked a 32-year-old woman through deception, coercion, and control, forcing her to take sexualized pictures that were distributed online; the money she earned was surrendered to him. In a second case, he allegedly committed similar acts against another 32-year-old woman, leading to charges on 30/07/2026 for procuring, trafficking by recruiting, advertising sexual services, living on avails of prostitution, material benefit from sexual services, assault with a weapon, and two counts of assault. In a third case, he allegedly used coercion and control to recruit a 31-year-old woman into the sex trade and sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions. Benjamin was previously known as Eric Smart and also uses the aliases Jay and Jason. The investigation is ongoing.
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