More charges for accused in 2017 human trafficking investigation

By OttawaMatters Staff

Posted Jun 5, 2018 08:57:00 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

The Ottawa Police Service is reporting new charges for a Montreal couple, which stem from a joint investigation involving police services in Montreal and Kawartha Lakes.

The two had already been charged with human trafficking in a 2017 Ottawa police investigation.

Raphael Duchard, 29, already serving a sentence for convictions on similar charges in Lindsay, was arrested on new charges Monday, alleging he was operating a human trafficking network while behind bars.

Elisabeth Bejarano-Lucero, 22, was arrested last week in Montreal in connection with the new investigation.

She was awaiting trial.

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