Arrest linked to child porn ring
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City police say a 38-year-old Winnipeg man arrested in 2012 faces charges that relate to a huge child pornography ring.
Denis Michel Rousseau was arrested on June 27, 2012 and charged with accessing child pornography and possessing child pornography. His case remains before the courts. The arrest came as a result of Project Spade, an investigation sparked in October 2010 when undercover officers made contact with a Toronto man who was allegedly sharing child pornography online.
In Toronto on Thursday, police said at least 348 people were arrested around the world as part of Project Spade, including 108 from Canada. School teachers, doctors, nurses, pastors and foster parents are among those facing charges in the wide-ranging operation that can be traced back to a Toronto business.
Police allege Brian Way, 42, had been running an “exploitation movie, production and distribution company” called Azov Films since 2005 and had made more than $4 million from the business. Through his company, the man would allegedly contract people to create child porn videos involving kids, largely boys, between the ages of five and 12.
Many of those videos were allegedly shot in Ukraine and Romania in apartments, dingy saunas and backyards. Police allege the videos were then distributed from Toronto — through the mail and the Internet — to customers around the world.
— staff / The Canadian Press