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March 27, 2009

Kudos to the Great White North … Canada Arrests 57 in Internet Child Porn Crackdown, Project Salvo

Posted in: Arrest,Child Welfare,Crime,Internet

Project Salvo – OH CANADA!!!

Fifty seven people in 10 Canadian Provinces were arrested on child pornography Canada_flag5charges on Thursday as  a part of Canada’s largest investigation into child pornography on the Internet.

Arrests or searches were made in all 10 Canadian provinces and three territories. The charges including sexual assault, and possession and production of child pornography, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.

Fifty-seven people have been arrested so far, and more charges are expected to be filed in coming weeks, according to police, who said they have also seized about 130 computers believed to contain pornographic material.

At a news conference held by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Superintendent John Bilinski stated the following regarding the five month investigation, “The operation was an unqualified success.”

Police arrest more than 50 in child-sex probe

Project Salvo, the largest-ever co-ordinated investigation of Internet-based child sexual abuse in Canada, was led by the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre (NCECC).

The operation, involving the RCMP and 35 police departments, focused on an Internet ring in which participants exchanged child porn online.


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