Police hunting for Woodstock man facing human trafficking charges

Lee Griffi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Police are hunting for a Friendly City Man wanted on several human trafficking-related offences following an investigation by the London Police Service Human Trafficking Unit.

42-year-old Cory Robert Fowler has been charged by way of warrant of arrest, and police say his current whereabouts are unknown.

“In October of 2023, a woman met a man online and they became involved in an intimate relationship,” explained a police press release. “In November of 2023, the man suggested the woman start working as a sex worker and the male began advertising the victim’s services online for money.”

Police say on one occasion, while at a hotel in London in the 800-block of Exeter Road, the suspect and victim became involved in an argument concerning the victim no longer wanting to work as a sex worker when the man allegedly assaulted the woman.

The victim contacted police in April 2025, and after a lengthy investigation, Fowler has been charged with trafficking of a person under the age of 18, financial/material benefit/trafficking a person under 18, material benefit from sexual services provided by a person under 18, procuring a person under 18, advertising another person’s sexual services, and assault.

Cory Robert Fowler is described as a white male, approximately 5 feet 11 and 157 pounds, with short brown hair and brown facial hair, and brown eyes. Police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating him.

“If seen, members of the public are reminded not to approach him, and to call 9-1-1,” said the release.

Anyone with information is asked to call the London Police Service at 519-661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in online anonymously to London Middlesex Crime Stoppers.