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TORONTO =97 Police battling the scourge of child = pornography are=20 busting more and more people for trading in the horrific = images and=20 while there are tens of thousands of known suspects, = Canadian=20 authorities lament they don=92t have the time or resources = to=20 investigate them all. While authorities say tough laws are already in place to = deal=20 with child pornographers, rapidly evolving technologies and = a lack=20 of consensus among experts about why people abuse children = makes it=20 nearly impossible to =93arrest our way out of this.=94 =93I=92m not sure what the answer is,=94 conceded Paul = Gillespie,=20 former head of Toronto police=92s groundbreaking child = exploitation=20 unit. =93But I think we need to do research with regards to = their DNA to=20 potentially, some day, identify that one gene or that one = thing that=20 causes these very anti-social impulses that they can=92t = control.=94 Officials estimate there are at least 65,000 people in = Canada =97=20 and up to 600,000 in the United States =97 trading pictures = and videos=20 of the sexual abuse of children. =93There=92s just not enough manpower to go and identify = and arrest=20 these 65,000 individuals,=94 said Gillespie, now president = and CEO of=20 the Kids=92 Internet Safety Alliance. =93That=92s where it gets scary and people sort of change = the=20 channel, because they don=92t want to hear that the police = know=20 there=92s 65,000 suspects they=92re never going to get = to.=94 The magnitude of the problem is a =93significant = challenge for law=20 enforcement, said Staff Sgt. Rick Greenwood, who provides = support=20 and strategic planning for the RCMP=92s National Child = Exploitation=20 Coordination Centre. =93It=92s not just here in Canada,=94 he warned. = =93It=92s global.=94 The Ontario Provincial Police special child pornography = unit=20 always has a backlog of cases. =93The OPP is arresting about 75 of these offenders a = year, when we=20 know there are tens of thousands of them,=94 said Insp. Andy = Stewart. =93We=92re never going to be in a position to arrest our = way out of=20 this.=94 Stewart called the 65,000 a =93very conservative=94 = estimate for the=20 number of Canadians collecting, trading and selling child=20 pornography. The provincial force is trying to identify criteria that = they can=20 use to properly triage child pornography cases to make sure = they=92re=20 going after the ones who pose the biggest threat to = children, he=20 added. =93You can imagine if we=92re only arresting a very small = number of=20 the people that are committing these offences, the chances = of=20 somebody that=92s a very dangerous predator slipping through = our=20 fingers is pretty high,=94 Stewart said. Gillespie said when he was in charge of the Toronto unit, = they=20 had 40 arrests and about 800 open files. =93They=92re very onerous investigations, and thus we = just couldn=92t=20 get to enough of the criminals,=94 he said. The RCMP said police are getting more effective tools to = track=20 online predators, but will need extra resources to keep pace = with=20 =93technically savvy=94 offenders who spend up to 20 hours a = day at=20 their computer. =93We=92re no longer fumbling in the dark. Our ability to = protect=20 people is increasing all the time,=94 said Greenwood. =93However, the technology is a challenge, as is = identifying the=20 people and having the resources to make those arrests and=20 prosecutions.=94 Police estimate child pornography is a $2- to $3-billion=20 industry, with over 20,000 new images posted on the Internet = every=20 week. The ease with which digital photographs and videos can be = shared=20 online has meant police are discovering huge collections of = child=20 pornography when they make arrests. =93Years ago a large seizure might be 1,500 to 2,000 = images, but=20 with the electronic sharing of images,=94 Stewart said. = =93The average=20 is now 100,000 images, and we=92ve had seizures with well = over=20 1,000,000 images and 1,200 videos.=94 An investigating officer has to document each of those = disturbing=20 images. The detectives do it knowing that each picture could = help=20 them identify, locate and rescue a child who is being = sexually=20 abused, Stewart said. The Canadian Centre for Child Protection, a charitable=20 organization set up by Cybertip.ca in 2002 as a tipline for=20 reporting online sexual exploitation of kids, processes over = 600=20 reports from the public every month. Child pornography is sexual abuse and it=92s not a new = phenomenon,=20 said Cybertip.ca director Signy Arnason, who believes the = Internet=20 has =93normalized=94 the behaviour of people who collect = these images=20 and made it easier for them to seek each other out. =93They tell themselves that this isn=92t so weird, what = I=92m doing=20 isn=92t so abnormal, because other people find children = sexually=20 appealing,=94 Arnason said. =93The Internet has just connected these individuals. It = hasn=92t=20 created them.=94 Parents have to be even more vigilant about staying on = top of=20 their kids=92 online activities, and keeping the computer in = the=20 family room just isn=92t enough any more, said Greenwood, = who=20 recommends parents check out Cybertip.ca for advice. =93Even if you think you do know, the reality is parents = are not as=20 wired as children and they=92re not aware what children are = accessing,=20 where they=92re going on the Internet,=94 he said. Even if victims of child pornography get counselling and = manage=20 to overcome the abuse they=92ve suffered, the Internet means = they can=20 never escape the images of their assaults or truly put the = horrible=20 experience behind them. =93It starts this life-long process of hurt and pain and = lack of=20 trust, and it destroys human beings,=94 said Gillespie. =93I=92ve been contacted by victims asking if they should = tell their=20 boyfriend their pictures are out there =94 `When I get = married, do I=20 have to tell my husband?=92 =94 Sentences for possessing and manufacturing child = pornography vary=20 widely, but rarely is maximum term of 10 years ever handed = out in=20 Canada unless there are additional charges such as sexual=20 assault. =93There was no violence, such as gagging, threatening or = hitting=20 the child,=94 Quebec Appeal Court Judge Lise Cote ruled in = 2006 as she=20 reduced a prison sentence for a father of four who sexually=20 assaulted his two-year-old daughter, and posted the photos = on the=20 Internet, from 15 years to nine. =93It=92s more of a morals type of issue than a sexual = one,=94 Otto=20 Nupponen of the Immigration and Refugee Board said last = month as he=20 allowed a Norwegian man caught with videos of child = pornography in=20 Winnipeg to remain free before being deported. In the U.S., the Supreme Court last year let stand a = 200-year=20 prison term for an Arizona teacher who had been convicted of = possessing 20 images of child pornography. Canada already has good laws to deal with child = pornography, said=20 Arnason, who added sentencing in this country would get = tougher as=20 people become more aware of the problem and its impact on=20 society. =93As years move on and more adults have a higher level = of (online)=20 exposure, there will be a different level of understanding = and=20 hopefully applying the laws in a different way,=94 she = said. Next story: |
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