KINSA is encouraged by the ongoing investigative breakthroughs and arrests related to an international network producing and selling child abuse videos. In November, 2007, police and prosecutors from across Europe arrested 92 suspects allegedly linked to the network. This week, the RCMP, Europol, Peel Region police, the Ontario Provincial Police and the military's Canadian Forces National Investigation Services announced more arrests.
January 15, 2008RCMP promises more arrests in child porn case9 Canadians caught in child porn sting
November 5, 2007 European Police Arrest 92 Allegedly Tied to Child Sex Network
According to internal government documents obtained by Maclean's magazine under the Access to Information Act, Canada's sex offender registry is crippled by one major problem: Ottawa's obsession with privacy. The feds are so determined to protect the rights of convicted sex offenders that most police officers are not allowed to access the system. Forget the general public. "I'm not sure that public access is the answer, but I'm bloody sure this isn't the answer," says Paul Gillespie, former head of the Toronto police child exploitation unit and president and CEO of KINSA (the Kids' Internet Safety Alliance). "This is a national embarrassment."
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"A national embarrassment"Canada's sex offender registry is so flawed that hundreds of molesters and other criminals have gone missingby Michael FriscolantiMaclean'sJanuary 14, 2008
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