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Note: The extent of what happened in Estevan with this investigation is not known at this time. 

EDMONTON – Three men have been arrested and are accused of running a human trafficking operation that stretched across Canada, operating in numerous communities, including Estevan.  

Project Endgame was a year-long investigation led by ALERT’s (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team) Human Trafficking Unit, and also relied on the assistance of the Edmonton Police Service, RCMP and the Quebec joint forces Anti-Pimping team known as EILP.

According to the ALERT Unit, arrests and search warrants took place in Edmonton, Montreal and Red Deer, Alta. A total of 23 charges related to human trafficking offences have been laid against three 31-year-old men from Montreal: Clyde Elien-Abbot, Kevin Dorcelus-Cetoute and Jean Rodnil Dubois. Elien-Abbot was arrested on Jan. 31 in Edmonton, while the other two accused men were arrested on July 23, 2024.

The ALERT Unit says Project Endgame revealed a cross-Canada network of sex trafficking that has been in operation for over a decade by the accused and possibly others. According to ALERT, the accused operated in Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Lloydminster, Red Deer, Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray and Cold Lake, Alta., as well as Estevan.

“Project Endgame exhausted all resources and avenues to bring charges against the suspects and end this cycle of sexualized violence and degradation,” said Staff Sgt. Chris Hayes with ALERT.

A number of human trafficking victims were located and provided resources and assistance through ALERT’s safety network co-ordinators. ALERT believes there are additional victims and encouraging them to contact police.

The perpetrators allegedly controlled the victims through coercion by forcing them to perform multiple sex acts on multiple clients every day. If the victims question the traffickers or dispute the situation, they were often violently assaulted, degraded, and/or threatened of further loss, violence, and isolation.

Project Endgame began in May 2023 following a 911 call placed to police detailing a sex worker being violently assaulted. The investigation has connections to a 2021 ALERT human trafficking investigation in which Dorcelus-Cetoute was charged.

Clyde Elien-Abbot is charged with:

• Trafficking in persons;
• Procuring;
• Material benefit from sexual services;
• Advertising sexual services;
• Money laundering; and
• Animal cruelty.

Kevin Dorcelus-Cetoute is charged with:

• Sexual assault;
• Assault;
• Trafficking in persons;
• Procuring;
• Material benefit from sexual services; and
• Uttering threats.

Jean Rodnil Dubois is charged with:

• Sexual assault;
• Assault;
• Trafficking in persons;
• Procuring;
• Material benefit from sexual services; and
• Uttering threats.

None of the charges have been proven in court.