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By David Opinko

Not guilty pleas entered in Lethbridge human trafficking case

Aug 25, 2022 | 10:27 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Pleas of not guilty have been entered for an Alberta man charged in connection to a human trafficking investigation.

In Lethbridge Provincial Court on Thursday, August 25, 2022, the lawyer for Fadi Chtewi, 21, entered not guilty pleas to a total of 10 counts.

The charges include two counts each of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault, as well as one count each of sexual contact with a child, sexual counsel of a child, sexual assault with a person under the age of 16 years, aggravated sexual assault, trafficking in persons, and two or more parties involved in a sexual assault.

Chtewi will face two separate judge-alone trials in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench.

Lawyers are next expected to meet on August 26, 2022, to set trial dates for one of the matters.

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Chtewi was one of 10 people charged in August 2021 following a joint investigation with the Lethbridge Police Service, RCMP, Calgary Police Service, and ALERT’s Human Trafficking Counter Exploitation unit.