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Following his arrest for human trafficking in 2017, a Gatineau man was recently found not guilty, according to court records.

After an adult woman came to police in July, police arrested and charged 25-year-old Madani Ba with financial trafficking in a person by exercising control, trafficking by recruiting and procuring. He was found not guilty and discharged.

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Two others were charged in a separate human trafficking investigation launched in the same month.

After “a young female victim” was identified, Ottawa police began an investigation and later arrested Kyle Wilson, 28, and Rochelet Davilma, 24, both of Ottawa. Each was charged with trafficking in a person, making financial gain from another person’s sexual service and advertising another person’s sexual service.