Tavistock woman charged with 3 sex-related offences involving children

A Tavistock woman has been charged following an online child sexual exploitation investigation.

On Tuesday, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say the child sexual exploitation unit executed a search warrant at a Tavistock home and seized a number of electronics for further examination.

Det. Const. Douglas Rees with the OPP child sexual exploitation unit said the investigation is the result of a larger incident involving Interpol.

Reese tells Global News that OPP were notified after Interpol arrested a male suspect getting onto a plane in Manchester, England, in September 2019. He said that as a result of that investigation, OPP were made aware of a conversation involving a female suspect from Ontario.

As a result, a 34-year-old Tavistock woman was arrested and charged with three counts of making an agreement or arrangement to commit a sexual offence against a child under 16 years of age.

The investigation was the work of the OPP child sexual exploitation unit, digital forensics and members of the Oxford County OPP detachment.

Police are reminding parents to speak to their children about internet safety to help protect them.

Resources to protect children online can be found at www.cybertip.ca.

The 34-year-old was released from custody following a court appearance Wednesday.

Anyone with information about this investigation or any other internet child exploitation case to call OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).