The guns and drugs are not cool, but human trafficking just means he faciitated the movement of the girls into and out of Canada - it does not necessarily mean he held any against their wills.
More like 15 years - 2004 - 2005, perhaps even earlier.
Brother, I am not a hypocrite so I will not try to deny that I have used Moonwaiting and they were pretty high on my list of choices for my hobby entertainment. They have been around since 2010-2011.
I read your article here and I feel that you are taking too much of an apologist stance, trying to downplay the situation. Andy, I am sure is not a bad guy all of the time, but this time he clearly messed up.
This is the OFFICIAL definition of human trafficking used to press charges on him. Not to be mistaken for HUMAN SMUGGLING.
Human Trafficking - York Regional Police
Human trafficking is the exploitation, manipulation or control of a person (usually a female) by violence or threats of violence to provide a sexual service or forced labour. Human trafficking is not the same as human smuggling.
www.yrp.ca
The media did not exaggerate anything. Andy is currently facing at least 7 charges of trafficking. This is as per the official media release by York Region Police.
CHARGES LAID AND VICTIMS RESCUED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION
CHARGES LAID AND VICTIMS RESCUED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION
www.yrp.ca
Police are not trying to liberally apply charges my friend. Think about this as a business. Police are in the business of catching and putting criminals in jail.
They spent millions in this operation which lasted for one year, they raided 20 locations simultaneously (at the same time!) which must have taken them at least 100 officers from multiple police agencies to execute.
Operation "big sister" was a big deal, it involved guns and illegal drugs. I know that maybe you want to sustain it in your mind that Andy was a good guy because you were a customer there; however, we have to come to grips with reality. Andy is only human, and he messed up.
The police would not be wasting so much time and money unless they thought they can gain a conviction. They don't need to exaggerate, you just need to accept and assimilate.
My unofficial theory is this: once the borders closed due to COVID, Andy felt pressured to find new talent, he must have partnered up with someone to bring new talent with INTO Canada (the border services are involved and they would only be involved if someone is literally crossing a border). I have a feeling this is why MW had a surge of really expensive Chinese girls seeing only Chinese clients. If he had stuck to his business model of only working with Korean girls with visas then he would not be in this situation. Also why the hell do you think he was stashing THIRTY FOUR guns?
The man is no saint, he is just a man. His greed and hubris got the best of him.