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Project Aquatic: OPP charges 64 individuals with over 300 charges in child exploitation investigationThe Ontario Provincial Police say 64 people have been charged in a large-scale child exploitation investigation across the province where 34 child victims were identified. Another 30 children were “safeguarded,” police said, which means removing a child who could be offended against.
The investigation, dubbed Project Aquatic, involved 27 police forces across Ontario who identified and arrested several people allegedly making, possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material, police said.OPP Det. Sgt. Tim Brown told reporters on Wednesday there was one instance of luring where a person had engaged with an undercover officer online who allegedly wanted to meet with a child in real life for a sexual purpose.
There was another person who was allegedly in possession of about 21 terabytes of data on multiple devices and hard drives containing child sexual abuse material, Brown said.“For every device seized, an officer or analyst examines each photo and video, which can take several weeks,” Brown said.
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