Reza Moazami was convicted on 30 charges linked to the prostitution of teenaged girls, in Sept. 2014  In an artist's sketch, we see a brown-haired man wearing dark glasses and looking toward the ground. He has a light beard and wears a beige v-necked shirt. He sits in a witness stand.

Reza Moazami was convicted on 30 charges linked to the prostitution of teenaged girls, in Sept. 2014
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B.C. human trafficker back in court for sentencing

After repeated delays, a British Columbia man convicted of human trafficking  was back in court for sentencing on Monday.

Reza Moazami was originally scheduled to be sentenced last December, but proceedings were set back a number of times as he continually changed lawyers.

In B.C.’s first human-trafficking conviction, Moazami was found guilty in September 2014 of luring nearly a dozen young girls into prostitution

In September, he fired his most recent legal team, catching them off guard at the beginning of what was to have been his final sentencing hearing.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bruce rebuked Moazami at that hearing, warning him she would grant no further delays beyond this week’s hearing.

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