A Brantford man persuaded two 16-year-old girls to work in the sex trade and kept part of their earnings, police allege.

Police say they began investigating the 28-year-old man last week.

They claim that he took the girls to hotels in Brantford and Hamilton, advertised their availability to perform sexual services, and kept some of the money paid to them.

He faces charges of procuring an underage person to provide sexual services, receiving a material benefit from an underage person and advertising a sexual service.