The bad guys are still out there.
After announcing the largest child pornography sweep in Ontario history, police say thousands more people are still suspected.
More disturbing are the countless young victims who continue to be abused.
At a news conference Thursday, police said 213 charges were laid against 60 people. Yet the Ontario Provincial Police and partner agencies said they’ve only started to skim the surface of child exploitation.
Those 60 individuals are alleged to be the worst of the worst. Police said limited resources mean investigators can’t possibly catch them all.
“We’re not going to arrest our way out of this problem,” said OPP Insp. Scott Naylor, manager of the OPP’s Child Sexual Exploitation Section. “That’s why we have to focus on public education and awareness as well.”
Fourteen of those arrested are from the GTA, with the rest coming from across the province, including London, Hamilton and Ottawa.