57 men charged in international child porn ring Dec. 8, 2010
"He said there was "hundred of thousands, if not millions, of images."
Twenty-five Canadians are among 57 men arrested after authorities shut down an international child-porn network , Toronto police announced Wednesday.
Twenty-five children were rescued, 12 of whom are from Canada, in the year-long investigation into the online trading of child pornography.
Det. Paul Krawczyk, from the child exploitation section of Toronto Police's Sex Crimes Unit, said 57 people including 25 Canadians were arrested on charges of child pornography as part of a massive investigation known as Project Sanctuary.
A total of 218 charges were laid, ranging from making, possessing and distributing child pornography to luring a child under the age of 16 and sexual assault....
Krawczyk would not discuss the undercover operation beyond saying the suspects were connected by the way they shared the images online. He said there was "hundred of thousands, if not millions, of images." Police said some the images showed children in their infancy. "There was a lot of very young child pornography," Det. Const. Janelle Blackadar of the Toronto Police Sex Crimes Unit told CTV Toronto. "By young, I mean, infant, toddler abuse...."
Over the past year, 26 U.S. men have been arrested on 56 charges, 25 Canadian men have been arrested and face 131 charges and six European men have been arrested and face 13 charges.
The Canadian men who have been charged range from 20 to 68 years of age. They face a total of 131 charges after the execution of 31 search warrants across the country.
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20101208/child-exploitation-project-sanctuary-101208/
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