VANCOUVER – A B.C. woman who was acquitted of human slavery charges in 2013 is now suing the RCMP and the Director of Civil Forfeiture.
In the civil claim filed in BC Supreme Court in Vancouver, Mumtaz Ladha claims the RCMP conducted a negligent investigation, resulting in a negligent and misleading report to Crown Counsel, which led to criminal charges.
Ladha was accused of bringing a young woman to B.C. to work as an unpaid maid in 2008. She was charged under the Immigration Act with human trafficking, employing a foreign national without authorization, misrepresenting facts to the High Commission of Canada, and misrepresenting facts to Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
She was found not guilty on all charges against her.
The judge heard that the woman, who cannot be named, worked for Ladha at a hair salon in Dar es Salaam, and believed she was coming to Canada to work in a salon here.
The woman left Ladha’s West Vancouver home in 2009 and went to a local women’s shelter.
– With files from The Canadian Press
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