Windsor man faces 86 charges in child porn case
Suspect allegedly recorded explicit video calls with young males as far away as Australia
A 22-year-old man from Windsor, Ont., faces 86 charges relating to child pornography involving 26 alleged victims from around the globe, according to the Windsor Police Service.
An investigation that started last fall has uncovered 26 complainants between the ages of 13 and 21, police said in a news release. They are located as far away as Australia and as close as the U.S.
The Windsor Police said its Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit executed a search warrant at a residence on Sept. 23, 2014.
Police arrested the suspect and seized computers and media storage devices. The man was charged with possession, accessing and making available child pornography.
The ICE unit continued with its investigation, analysing the computers and storage devices.
Police said Thursday they found hundreds of videos that consisted of Skype conversations in which the suspect told males to commit various acts, which he recorded.
"My understanding is on Skype somehow, he was engaging these victims, again, around the world and then asking them various questions and asking them to do various things on camera," police spokesman Sgt. Matthew D'Asti told CBC News on Friday.
"My understanding is that his image, his own image was not presented to the victims, so they didn't know who they were talking to."
The recording were made between December 2013 and September 2014, police said.
On Thursday, investigators announced further charges. The man now faces:
- 23 counts of luring a person under the age of 18 for the purpose of making child pornography.
- 14 counts of luring a person under the age of 16 for the purpose of facilitating the offence of invitation to sexual touching.
- Five counts of luring a person under the age of 16 for the purpose of facilitating the offence of bestiality.
- 24 counts of making child pornography.
- 11 counts of Invitation to sexual touching.
- Five counts of inciting bestiality.
- Four counts of counseling bestiality.
The accused is currently being held in custody.