Canada police arrest 'pedophile hunting' group over child abuse images
Source: The Guardian
Canada police arrest ‘pedophile hunting’ group over child abuse images
Quebec authorities announced six people were in custody for criminal harassment, intimidation and forcible confinement
Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Fri 31 Mar 2023 21.24 BST
Police in Canada have arrested members of a vigilante “pedophile-hunting” group, charging them with distribution of child abuse images, amid frustration over the group’s controversial tactics.
Quebec police announced on Thursday that six people had been arrested as part of an investigation into a group that had drawn complaints from the public.
Five of the suspects, all in their mid-to-late 20s, face charges of distributing the images, with some also charged with criminal harassment, intimidation and forcible confinement.
A sixth person, a 40-year-old man, faces criminal harassment, intimidation and forcible confinement charges.
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For more than a decade, Quebec police have been pleading with the vigilante groups to stop their “hunts”. In January, after receiving multiple complaints, the police issued a release again warning people against involving themselves with “cyberpredator hunters” in the region.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/31/canada-arrest-pedophile-hunting-group-explicit-images
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