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Описание: Police arrest 57 men, lay 218 charges and rescue 25 children as part of an
international child exploitation investigation,
Project Sanctuary
Broadcast time: 10:45
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Sex Crimes Unit
416−808−8500
In November 2009, in partnership with the United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), 13 Canadian police services, and international police services, officers from the Child Exploitation Section of the Toronto Police Service's Sex Crimes Unit launched an international investigation into the online trading of child sexual abuse images and videos.

Known as Project Sanctuary, this investigation began when an undercover officer made contact with a man who was trading child sexual abuse images and videos over the Internet.

This information was forwarded to the local law enforcement agency and a 50−year−old man was arrested, charged and has been convicted.
Using intelligence gathered during and after the arrest, undercover officers spent the next year infiltrating a worldwide network of men who were allegedly trading child sexual abuse images and videos and, in some cases, creating these images by allegedly abusing children.

To date, Project Sanctuary has led to the arrest of 57 men worldwide, facing a total of 218 charges. In the United States, 26 men face 56 charges; in Canada, 25 men face 131 charges; and in Europe, 6 men face 31 charges.

In total, 25 children have been rescued: in the United States, 10 children; in Canada, 12 children; and in Europe, 3 children.

The Toronto Police Service would like to thank the following law enforcement agencies for their assistance with Project Sanctuary:
− U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations,
− Royal Canadian Mounted Police − National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre,
− Child Exploitation &Online Protection Centre (UK),
− Bundeskriminalamt (BKA − German Federal Criminal Police Office),
− Ontario Provincial Police,
− Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) − southern &northern Integrated Child
Exploitation (ICE) units,
− Vancouver Police Department,
− Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit,
− Sudbury Police Service,
− Hamilton Police Service,
− Durham Regional Police Service,
− York Regional Police Service,
− Ottawa Police Service,
− Barrie Police Service,
− Surete du Quebec, and
− Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.

"This operation is an excellent example of what can be accomplished through cooperative police work between the U.S. and Canada. Nothing is more important than our combined efforts to prevent the exploitation of our children," said Tom Blanchard, ICE HSI Attache in
Canada. "ICE and the Toronto Police Service have an outstanding relationship and routinely work together on investigations involving criminal activity that affects both our nations."


Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416−808−8500, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800−222−TIPS (8477), online at http://222tips.com or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook.pages - instructions how to install the 'Leave A Tip' Tab here:   / csiworld  

This project has been made possible by a grant from the Ministry of Community Safety and
Correctional Services and the Ministry of the Attorney General.
Meaghan Gray, Corporate Communications, for Detective Paul Krawczyk, Child ExploitationSection, Sex Crimes Unit

Video by Toronto Police Service Corporate Communications [email protected]