York Regional Police sex crimes investigators say they have posed as pimps and traffickers online to ensnare more than 100 men accused of seeking sex with minors.
Det. Sgt. Thai Truong told reporters Friday that undercover officers in York Region have created numerous online ads over the past three years, offering escorts and young women for sex.
When johns inquired about the ads, Truong said the officers indicated that they were offering children for sex.
That was enough to dissuade a significant number of johns from continuing further, but some continued on to arrange meetings.
In one instance, police allege a 25-year-old pilot asked an undercover officer for a girl “14 or 15 years-old and hot” or 13 if she was “killer.”
In another instance, a truck driver who believed he was texting with a 16-year-old girl offered for her to visit his vehicle.
“I have a really cool truck with bunk beds in the back we could have lots of fun,” the man wrote (more...)
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