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Troubling Amount Of Child Porn Being Shared On Online In B.C.: Study

The Canadian Press, 23 Jul, 2015 10:58 AM
    VANCOUVER — A new study has revealed a disturbing amount of child pornography is being distributed online in British Columbia.
     
    A Stats Canada crime report released Wednesday shows more than 1,200 individual cases of sexual-abuse images were exchanged over the Internet over a six-month period last year.
     
    The police unit that investigates child exploitation in B.C. says this project was the first of its kind in the province and establishes a baseline.
     
    Investigators say it's impossible to know at this point whether the issue is getting better or worse.
     
    RCMP spokesman Ed Boettcher says a single case of child victimization is too many and that more than a thousand over that time is tragic.
     
    He says police would ensure those responsible are held to account.

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