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Lennox

Resumen de los hechos

After meeting Mr Lennox at a downtown Montreal nightclub, the victim, a 17-year-old girl, was seduced and later brought to Toronto. Mr Lennox eventually forced her into prostitution and took control of all her earnings. As the victim initially did not have the necessary identification documents for employment in an exotic dance club, she was made to prostitute on the street, and then as an escort and exotic dancer. The victim was also subjected to threats and intimidation when she wished to leave the sex trade.

Note: These case facts are drawn directly from ‘Royal Canadian Mounted Police Criminal Intelligence, Human Trafficking in Canada (2010)’.

Autor:
The University of Queensland Human Trafficking Working Group

Palabras clave

Hechos:
Reclutamiento
Transporte
Acogida
Medio:
Amenaza o al uso de la fuerza u otras formas de coacción
Abuso de poder o de una situación de vulnerabilidad
Fines de explotación:
Explotación de la prostitución ajena u otras formas de explotación sexual
Forma de la Trata:
Nacional
Sector en el que la explotación se lleva a cabo:
Explotación sexual comercial

Cuestiones transversales

Responsabilidad

Responsabilidad por

• Delito consumado

Base de responsabilidad

• Intención dolosa

Responsabilidad implica

• Delincuentes principales

Delincuente/Delito

Países interesados

Canadá

Investigación

Organismos interesados

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Información sobre el procedimiento

Sistema jurídico:
Derecho anglosajón
Última sentencia judicial:
Tribunal de primera instancia
Tipo de Proceso:
Penal

1st Instance:

Lennox plead guilty in December 2008.

 
 

Víctima / Demandantes de primera instancia

Víctima:
Anonymous 1
Sexo:
Niño
Víctima:
Anonymous 2
Sexo:
Niño
Víctima:
Anonymous 3
Sexo:
Mujer
Víctima:
Anonymous 4
Sexo:
Mujer

Acusado / Demandado de primera instancia

Acusado:
Michael Mark Lennox
Sexo:
Hombre
Edad:
22
Nacimiento:
1975
Razonamiento jurídico:

In December 2008 Mr Lennox plead guilty to trafficking an underage female and procuring three other persons (one under 18) to become prostitutes. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment but received “double-credit” for the time he served in custody prior to the trial. As a result of this he spent only a week in jail after his date of conviction.

Cargos/Acusaciones/Decisiones

Acusado:
Michael Mark Lennox
Legislación/Código:

Section 279.01 Criminal Code (Canada):

279.011 (1) Every person who recruits, transports, transfers, receives, holds, conceals or harbours a person under the age of eighteen years, or exercises control, direction or influence over the movements of a person under the age of eighteen years, for the purpose of exploiting them or facilitating their exploitation is guilty of an indictable offence and liable

(a) to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of six years if they kidnap, commit an aggravated assault or aggravated sexual assault against, or cause death to, the victim during the commission of the offence; or

(b) to imprisonment for a term of not more than fourteen years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of five years, in any other case.

Consent

(2) No consent to the activity that forms the subject-matter of a charge under subsection (1) is valid.

Detalles de cargos:
Trafficking of a person under the age of 18
Veredicto:
Guilty
Legislación/Código:

Section 212 Criminal Code (Canada)

Detalles de cargos:
Procuring a person to become a prostitute
Veredicto:
Guilty
Pena de prisión:
2 años

Tribunal

Unknown court, Montreal

Fuentes/Citas

Primary Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Criminal Intelligence, Human Trafficking in Canada (2010).