Canadian government awards British Columbia $3.5M over 3 years for enhanced child sexual exploitation investigations.

The Canadian government has granted British Columbia $3.5 million to combat child sexual exploitation, allocating funds over three years to support municipal police departments in investigating online child exploitation. Reports of online exploitation have significantly increased, with over 28,000 investigations in BC between 2020 and 2023. The funding will be used to strengthen investigation capabilities for the Internet Child Exploitation unit, providing support for staffing, training, and equipment, and aims to increase the capacity of the Vancouver and Greater Victoria teams, as well as enable all municipal police departments in BC to increase capacity and training of officers.

August 24, 2024
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