Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Convicted child trafficker living at children’s centre

The Ontario Provincial Police have issued an advisory over a convicted child trafficker living at a children's center near Barrie. The man, who says he ran an escort service which hired a minor who used fraudulent ID, called the advisory "ridiculous".

Man convicted of human trafficking of children is living at Ontario children’s centre: police | Global News | Ryan Rocca:

July 17, 2023 - "A man previously convicted of human trafficking of children is living at an Ontario centre offering services for children with autism, police say, prompting a community safety advisory. Lauriston Charles Maloney, 42, 'resides at, and has regular access to' the Beating the Odds centre, which offers services for children with autism, police said. 'Maloney is a convicted sex offender with several prior convictions, which include human trafficking of children,' the advisory read.

"OPP Sgt.  Jason Folz told Global News Maloney faced charges in Peel Region and was convicted in 2004 and 2013. 'It’s a total of 16 criminal charges related to human trafficking and trafficking of minor age children, which has put him on the sex offender registry,' Folz said.... Maloney is not under any conditions relating to associating with young children, Folz said....

"The OPP said they were releasing the information as a precautionary measure. 'Members of the public are reminded that, although "Maloney does present a safety risk, his rights are guaranteed under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” the advisory said. 'As such, the Nottawasaga OPP will act to protect these rights if they are infringed.'

"Police said they issued the advisory after a 'careful review of the offender as it relates to issues of public safety.' 'The Police Services Act permits the commissioner of the OPP, the local chief of police, or his/her designate, to make public notification regarding high-risk offenders in the community if the community’s safety will be enhanced by the release of the offender’s personal information,' the OPP noted."
Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/9837508/man-convicted-human-trafficking-living-ontario-childrens-centre/

Illustraton courtesy True North

July 18, 2023 - "Amber Maloney, the owner of Beating the Odds, said her husband is not connected to her business. 'Yes, we share the same property address, but he does not work with these kids. He has his own job that brings him off-site and allows me to operate solely without him,' she wrote in a statement to CTV News....

"In an interview with CTV, Maloney called the police advisory 'ridiculous.' 'For every child, there is a supervisor who watches that child individually. It’s one-to-one therapy. So, no, I have no interaction with the children,” [he] said.... 'It’s just ridiculous that this is how they are trying to... make me look like some sort of predator.'

"Maloney claims he was convicted because he ran an escort agency from 2002 to 2004. 'I would be picking up women and bringing them to hotels with a company as well as collecting money and sometimes booking hotel rooms for the girls … Those charges were as a result of collecting money for the girls performing sex acts.' He claims one of the girls was a minor. 'It was in evidence that this girl provided false identification, but you’re still held liable as a company if somebody even provides false ID.'

"CTV requested court documents to confirm Maloney’s convictions but they were not provided."


Update, 11:30 pm - 
July 19, 2023 - "Lauriston Maloney, 42, and his wife Amber Maloney, 36, were taken into police custody on Wednesday morning and charged with multiple offences related to recruiting, exercising control, exploitation, assault, forcible confinement, and financial benefit from committing a crime. A publication ban has been placed to protect any youth involved."
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