Saskatoon police nab six men in prostitution sting

Police in Saskatoon have arrested six men after a prostitution and human trafficking investigation.

Last Thursday, the Saskatoon Police Service’s Vice and Human Trafficking Unit targeted people responsible for purchasing sexual services from high-risk sex workers.

Six men — ages 33, 38, 42, 44, 54 and 56 — have been charged with communicating for the purpose of obtaining for consideration sexual services.

“Those purchasing sexual services may be contributing to the exploitation of minors, trafficking in persons and proliferation of organized crime in the community,” the police said in a media release.

“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.”

Anyone with information regarding a possible human trafficking case is asked to visit canadianhumantraffickinghotline.ca or call police at 306-975-8300.