UPDATE, DEC. 13, 2019: The Nova Scotia man in the story below (originally published on Sept. 23, 2016) ended up facing a total of 14 charges. In 2018, an Ontario Superior Court justice found him not guilty of all human trafficking-related charges and not guilty of all charges related to concealing another person's identification documents. He was, however, found guilty of two counts of procuring to offer sexual services of another person age 18. He was sentenced to time-served in custody and two years probation.

Original story:

Toronto police have arrested a man who they allege recruited a 17-year-old girl from Halifax and forced her to come to Toronto, work in a spa and provide sexual services to clients.

The 24-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday following an investigation that began in April 2015.

He faces eight charges including trafficking of a person under the age of 18 and forcible confinement.

Police allege a man destroyed the teenage victim's identification documents and gave her fake ones that falsely identified her as an adult. They also say the accused broke the girl's phone to prevent her from contacting her friends and family and also assaulted her.

The girl escaped and contacted the authorities. Halifax Regional Police arrested the man in that city Wednesday, but he was brought back to Toronto for a court appearance Thursday.

Police say the accused comes from Dartmouth, N.S., and is known to them from past investigations.