
UPDATE: Police target online pedophiles with Operation Snapshot
Police say a teenage boy in Saskatoon has been “rescued” from abuse thanks to a wide-sweeping crack-down on child pornography that has also resulted in more than 15 arrests.
Details of “Operation Snapshot” were released at the RCMP “F” Division headquarters in Regina Wednesday morning. The effort was headed-up by the RCMP’s Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (CPCMEC) but involved 14 different police agencies across western and northern Canada.
The goal was to make a co-ordinated effort to identify and arrest high-risk online child predators. They succeeded, opening 30 new investigation files in 15 communities. At least sixteen people were arrested, including 10 in Saskatchewan, two in Manitoba, three in Alberta, and one in the Northwest Territories.
Saskatoon Police Service detective sergeant Darren Parisien is currently working directly with the RCMP on child exploitation cases. He played a key role in organizing and executing the operation.