Earlier this morning Shermineh Sheri Ziaee, one of four people taken into custody near Swift Current for human trafficking charges, was given terms of bail.

Ziaee was given the following bail conditions, after a joint submission between the Crown and Defence:

  • $1,000 deposit;
  • report to a probation officer within two days of release;
  • follow a curfew;
  • possess no weapons other than for culinary purposes or work;
  • no contact with a list of people including those she was arrested with or a complainant;
  • stay within 100 kilometres of her residence;
  • no contact with people under the age of 18 unless under special circumstances;
  • agree to have her cell phone searched;
  • not possess more than one electronic communications device;

Judge Karl Basin was presiding over the case and agreed to extend the original distance that she must stay away from a complainant from the original 100 metres up to one kilometre.

Two publication bans were enacted at the hearing, including on evidence from court discussions, and banning the identification of witnesses or complainants in the case.