![]() ![]() Police said the three-year investigation included Canadian and international law enforcement agencies. ![]() Dubbed Project Spade, police said the effort resulted in 386 children being saved from exploitation. "It's a first in terms of the magnitude of the victims saved," head of the Toronto police's sex crimes unit Insp. "It's been an ongoing, worldwide investigation."īeaven-Desjardins said Toronto police first became aware in 2010 that Toronto-based Azov Films was distributing pornographic images and videos of children as well as streaming them on its website. In 2011, police carried out a search warrant in Toronto’s west end. Azov was shut down and its owner, 42-year-old Brian Way, was arrested. More than 45 terabytes of data were seized. “This is equivalent to a stack of paper as tall as 1,500 CN Towers,” Beaven-Desjardins said. ![]() Way was charged with multiple counts related to child pornography, including selling and distributing child pornography and instructing commission of offence for criminal organization.Īccording to police, the company had been operating since 2005 and had revenues in excess of $4 million. For approximately $40, customers could buy about an hour of video, and receive photos at a discount, delivered online or by mail, police say.Īfter Way's arrest, Toronto authorities then spent months re-creating a customer database along with the U.S. ![]()
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