A 27-year-old man has been charged with human trafficking after allegedly prostituting four underage girls from a home in South Vancouver.
Reza Moazami is facing 18 criminal counts, including four charges of living on the avails of a juvenile, four counts of trafficking underage persons, two counts of sexual interference and four counts of sexual exploitation.
He was arrested at a single-family home, which he allegedly ran as a bawdy house, by the Vancouver Police Department's Vice Unit on Oct. 7. Two underage girls were found at the property and taken into care.
The investigation marks only the second time in Vancouver police history that human trafficking charges have been laid in a case of sex trade workers, and the first involving youth.
Moazami is scheduled to appear in Provincial Court on Nov. 21.
Investigators say they are still actively investigating the accused, and anyone with relevant information is asked to contact the VPD Vice Unit at vpd.vic@vpd.ca or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
