Florence Muriel Young faces more pimping charges

The list of underage prostitution charges continues to mount against a Halifax woman accused of pimpinggirls.

Florence Muriel Young, 36, was first arrested Feb. 21 after the integrated RCMP/Halifax police vice unit carried out two searches.

Sheinitially faced a slewof charges, includingpimping a teenage girl, online luring andsexual exploitation.

Young now faces 18 new charges involving two new victims.The new chargeswere sworn in a Halifax court on Monday.

They are:

• Knowingly concealing a person under the age of 18 in a bawdy house
• Exercising control over a person under the age of 18
• Living off the avails of prostitution of a person under the age of 18
• Counselling a person under the age of 18 to engage in prostitution
• Householder permitting sexual activity
• Sexual exploitation of a young person
• Breach of a recognizance
• Breach of probation

Young also faces one count of sexual touching and knowingly concealing a person for the purposes of prostitution.