injustivebusters 2001 > > So-called Porn seizures often just a screen for cops stealing people's computers

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. --C.S. Lewis

So-called Porn seizures often just a screen for cops stealing people's computers and crowns boosting their conviction stats. If they say is loudly and often, and the media keep printing their press releases, they hope people will believe their outlandish claims . . .

Ontario gives $2 million to fight Internet child pornography

cbc, Oct. 16, 2002

TORONTO - The Ontario government has announced it will funnel an extra $2 million to fight Internet child pornography.

The money will be used by Toronto police for specialized officer training and new computer equipment.

Attorney General David Young says Internet child pornography is a growing problem.

In 2001, Toronto police seized 200,000 pictures and movies of child pornography.

The $2 million was collected through a surcharge levied on fines, and comes from the Ontario Victims' Justice Fund.

York dad busted: Markham man charged in child porn crackdown

By ROB LAMBERTI, Toronto Sun, Wednesday, January 23, 2002

A Markham father of three who coached an under-15 girls' soccer team was one of five men arrested across the province on child porn charges, police said yesterday.

The OPP's Project P also announced separate arrests of a man in Guelph, another in Fort Frances and two in Thunder Bay between last Tuesday and this Monday.

OPP Det.-Sgt. Rob Nickel said none of the arrests are connected and the suspects don't appear to have known each other. "It's not part of a ring," he said.

The arrests followed the Toronto Police seizure of 200,000 pornographic images which included violent kiddie porn. Police said Toronto is a major distribution point and a growing centre of manufacture of child porn.

In the latest arrest yesterday, York Police raided a Markham home and an IBM office and seized computer equipment when they learned child porn was being distributed. Three people who received the pictures were cops, two in the U.S. and one in York.

The quick arrests by Project P "is just typical. We've got 14 officers in our unit and all we do is child pornography," Nickel said, adding if his manpower doubled, "we'd keep everybody busy."

Nickel said police are finding more porn because of the Internet. In the past, collectors feared being caught by Canada Customs or having material seized from the mail.

"The Internet and computer technology has made it a child pornographer's dream come true," he said. "You're in communication with people with the same interests worldwide, not just in your province or neighbourhood."

Also, with the digital revolution, there's been an increase in homemade child porn.

Randy Weber, 42, of Markham, is charged with three counts of distributing child pornography.

The coach with the Markham Soccer Club appears in Newmarket court today.

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