Toronto Police Service - Sex Crimes Unit
Child Exploitation Section
Official page. Inquiries during business hours 416-808-8500 or email: [email protected]. To report a crime or an incident relating to online child sex abuse, please visit http://cybertip.ca/ website or, to remain anonymous, contact Toronto Crime Stoppers and submit a tip using the Leave A Tip Tab or
call 1-800-222-8477 or web http://222tips.com/. The Child Exploitation Section (CES) is a specialized unit staffed by highly trained & skilled investigators in various disciplines including undercover investigations, Internet child luring, national and international multi-jurisdictional projects, technical forensic examination, forensic child interviewing, offender interviewing, and victim identification. The CES is proud to be one of 26 members of the Ontario Provincial Strategy to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation on the Internet. The Strategy is a coordinated, province-wide approach to combat Internet crimes against children. Typical offences we investigate include:
-Luring a Child (Section 172.1 CCC)
-Child Pornography (Possession, Accessing, Make Available, Making, Distribution)
(Section 163.1 CCC)
-Voyeurism (Section 162 (1) CCC)
-Make Agreement/Arrangement to Commit Sexual Offence against a Child (Section
172.2 CCC)
-Making Sexually Explicit Material Available to a Child (Section 171.1 CCC)
-Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images (Section 162.1 CCC)
We work collaboratively with witnesses and survivors to connect them to resources from specialized support agencies such as Boost Child & Youth Advocacy Centre (Boost CYAC) and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. Our investigators are committed to making the online world a safer place for children and developing prevention strategies with our external community partners. We adopt various approaches including education, consultation and promoting Internet safety through presentations to schools, universities and community groups.