Child porn arrests

Maya Rhodan has a Time article about idiots arrested in a bunch of countries:

A Toronto-based child pornography investigation has led to the rescue of nearly four hundred children and the arrest of 348 adults around the world. Canadian police are calling it one of the largest child porn busts they’ve ever seen.
Over a hundred people in Canada and 76 people in the US have been arrested, according to The Associated Press. Australian police say that 65 men have been arrested there, and six children had been rescued from exploitation.
“It is alleged that officers seized hundreds of thousands of videos detailing horrific sexual acts against very young children, some of the worst that they have ever viewed,” said Toronto police Inspector Joanna Beaven-Desjardins.
The investigation began with a Toronto man who allegedly instructed people around the world to film videos of children performing sexual acts, which he would distribute through a company he had been running since 2005.
Brian Way, 42, has been charged with 24 offenses and is currently in jail. He was also charged with leading a criminal organization, which Canadian investigators say is a first for child porn. The investigation, according to The Associated Press, began in 2010.

Charmaine Noronha has the full AP article:

A sweeping child pornography investigation has led to the rescue of 386 children around the world and the arrest of 348 people, Canadian police said recently.
Toronto police describe the Project Spade operation as one of the largest child porn busts they’ve ever seen. “It is alleged that officers seized hundreds of thousands of videos detailing horrific sexual acts against very young children, some of the worst that they have ever viewed,” Inspector Joanna Beaven-Desjardins said.
Police said 108 people were arrested in Canada and 76 in the U.S. Others were arrested in other countries.
Australian Federal Police commander Glen McEwen confirmed that 65 men had been arrested in Australia as a result of the Canadian investigation, and six Australian children had been removed from harm. Police said the children were “rescued from child exploitation” but did not give more details. School teachers, doctors, and actors were among those arrested.
Beaven-Desjardins said the investigation began with a Toronto man accused of running a company since 2005 that distributed child pornography videos.
Police allege Brian Way, 42, instructed people around the world to create the videos of children ranging from five to twelve years of age, then distributed the videos via his company, Azov Films, to international customers. The videos included naked boys from Germany, Romania, and the Ukraine, which it marketed as naturist movies and claimed were legal in Canada and the United States.
Police said they executed a search warrant at Way’s company and home, seizing about a thousand pieces of evidence: computers, servers, DVD burners, a video editing suite, and hundreds of movies.
Way was charged with 24 offenses, including child pornography. He is in jail. Police also designated Azov Films as a criminal organization, charging Way with giving directions on behalf of a gang. Beaven-Desjardins said this is the first time in Canada that anyone has been charged with being a part of a criminal organization in regards to child pornography.
Police said they began their investigation in 2010 and worked with Interpol in more than fifty countries, including Australia, Spain, Mexico, Norway and Greece.
“This operation shows that international police cooperation works. Despite large amounts of material and that this is time-consuming work, this shows that the Internet is not a safe haven for crimes against children,” Norwegian police spokesman Bjoern-Erik Ludvigsen said in a statement.
The US Postal Inspection Service said it began its investigation by accessing the company website and making undercover purchases.
Beaven-Desjardins said the investigation is ongoing and believes more arrests will be made.

Rico says that Canada doesn't have that pesky Eighth Amendment thing against 'cruel and unusual punishment', so they should take this opportunity to have these assholes beaten to death on public television...