Mohamed Daoud, a 40-year-old St. Catharines resident, has been sentenced to 10 years in custody and designated a long-term offender for human trafficking, sexual assault with a weapon, and criminal harassment. Judge Kendra Coats rejected a request for an indefinite “dangerous offender” designation, deeming the risk manageable with a 10-year custodial term followed by long-term supervision.
Daoud was convicted after a jury found he exploited an intimate partner as an escort between 2018 and 2020, forcing her to meet quotas while supplying her drugs and subjecting her to physical violence and gun-based sexual assault. His prior record includes manslaughter and drug trafficking, and he will remain on the national sex offender registry for life.
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A Niagara resident has been designated a long-term offender following convictions for human trafficking-related charges.
Mohamed Daoud was found guilty by a jury in February 2024 of several charges relating to those crimes that occurred between 2018 and 2020 in Oakville and elsewhere in Ontario, as well as charges of sexual assault with a weapon and criminal harassment.
Following the trial, the Crown sought a dangerous offender designation. Such a designation would mean the St. Catharines man would be jailed indefinitely.
The dangerous offender hearing was held in March 2026 in the Ontario Court of Justice in Milton.
In her decision, released earlier this month, Judge Kendra Coats rejected the dangerous offender designation, citing insufficient evidence of intractable risk, and imposed a 10-year long-term supervision order alongside a 10-year custodial sentence.
With a long-term supervision order, individuals are supervised in the community by the Parole Board of Canada and Correctional Service Canada upon the completion of a prison sentence.
At trial, the jury was told Daoud, now 40, and his victim were in an intimate relationship for several years.
When the woman lost her job, her partner suggested she work as an escort.
She testified she gave all the money she made to Daoud, who supplied the woman with drugs.
He set a quota of the amount she had to make each night. He made her work when she was ill or menstruating.
The woman also testified Daoud was physically violent toward her and he had sexually assaulted her with a gun.
The offender’s criminal record includes convictions for a number of offences, including sexual assault and drug trafficking, some of which occurred in Niagara.
He was convicted of manslaughter stemming from his role as a lookout in a botched robbery attempt in Toronto in 2020 that resulted in a fatal shooting.
A forensic psychiatrist and forensic psychologist conducted an assessment report and testified at the hearing.
The report dated June 2025 concluded that Daoud presents a risk of violent reoffending. That risk, according to the psychiatrist, could be managed with “lengthy treatment, management and monitoring.”
His name will appear on the national sex offender registry for life. (Niagara Falls Review, July 9, 2026)