Hundreds Arrested In Child Sex Abuse Ring

A three-year investigation into a massive child sex abuse ring based out of Toronto has led to hundreds of arrests.

Dozens of teachers, nine pastors or priests, and three foster parents are among the 348 people who’ve been arrested in several countries. More than 100 of those arrested are from Canada.
Investigators from the US, Australia, Mexico and other nations were all involved.

At least 386 children were rescued.

Police believe the Toronto man at the heart of the investigation was running a company since 2005 that distributed child pornography videos. They the man instructed people around the world to create the videos of children ranging from five to 12 years of age, and then distributed the videos to international customers.

Police describe this as one of the largest child porn busts they have ever achieved.