{"id":6575,"date":"2024-03-20T13:30:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T16:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=6575"},"modified":"2024-03-20T13:30:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T16:30:46","slug":"ns-man-arrested-in-alberta-on-human-trafficking-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/03\/20\/ns-man-arrested-in-alberta-on-human-trafficking-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"NS Man Arrested in Alberta on Human Trafficking Charges."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Provincial Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) has charged a former Nova Scotia resident in relation to historical human trafficking offences that took place in the Halifax area between&nbsp;2007&nbsp;and&nbsp;2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the investigation, named Operation Hypnosis, RCMP officers travelled to Alberta with an arrest warrant for&nbsp;36-year-old Darrell Fisher. On March&nbsp;7, they safely arrested him in Edmonton. Fisher is charged with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trafficking in Persons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Material Benefit &#8211; Trafficking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Procuring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Living of the Avails of Prostitution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Making Child Pornography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sexual Assault<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assault<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uttering Threats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trafficking in Substance (x2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Fisher was remanded into custody and transported back to Nova Scotia by RCMP Air Services. He appeared in Halifax Provincial Court on March&nbsp;11&nbsp;and was released on conditions. Fisher&#8217;s next court appearance is scheduled for April&nbsp;9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RCMP teams involved in this HTU file include: Federal Operational Support; the Legal Applications Support Team; the Interview Assistance Team; and the Alberta RCMP. Halifax Regional Police, Edmonton Police Service, and Alberta ALERT also assisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you or someone you know may be a victim of human trafficking, call the Nova Scotia Human Trafficking Hotline at\u00a0902-449-2425. To report a crime anonymously, contact Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at\u00a01-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\/\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a>, or use the P3\u00a0Tips App.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : RCMP Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Provincial Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) has charged a former Nova Scotia resident in relation to historical human trafficking offences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6576,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575\/revisions\/6576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}