Online Safety

• Online sextortion cases targeting Montreal teens on the rise, police say

  Police say victims are most often young men between the ages of 14 and 17 who are contacted online by people posing as teen girls.

  Canada

  Aug 28
  
• Peterborough, Saskatchewan police arrest Regina man on child luring charges

  An online investigation in early May involved the internet child exploitation (ICE) units of police in Peterborough, Ont., and Saskatchewan. A man from Regina faces luring charges.

  Crime

  May 23
  
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• Barrie man facing pornography charges in online investigation involving child in U.S.

  A Barrie, Ont., man is facing child pornography charges. Barrie police say the man used Fortnite and TikTok to interact with an 11-year-old child in the United States.

  Crime

  Mar 16
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• RCMP online exploitation probe leads to arrests of three Africans in New Brunswick

  Two men and a woman from western Africa are facing charges related to online exploitation after police in New Brunswick executed search warrants last week in Moncton and Dieppe.

  Crime

  Mar 5
• Nova Scotia follows federal government, bans TikTok on government devices

  Nova Scotia is banning the use of the TikTok social media app on all government-issued mobile devices, following the federal government's ban announced earlier this week. 

  Canada

  Feb 28
• Online safety educator says parents need to be diligent in light of 92-victim child luring case

  An online safety educator is urging parents to monitor what their kids are doing online. It comes after a man pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving more than 90 underaged victims.

  Canada

  Feb 18
• Saskatchewan ICE unit says 31 ‘sextortion’ crimes reported since November 2022

  In recent cases across Canada, approximately 70 per cent of victims have been teenage boys, and the suspects are typically searching for a financial gain. 

  Education

  Jan 16
• ‘Virtual kidnapping’ scam prompts warning from North Vancouver RCMP

  Police said software was used to make call look like it came from the victim's wife's phone and a woman could be heard pretending to be his wife in the background.

  Crime

  Nov 23, 2022
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• Peterborough County OPP launch Project Safe Trade at detachment to promote safe online transactions

  The spaces are part of Project Safe Trade — an initiative by OPP to use their parking lots to facilitate property transactions arranged online.

  Consumer

  Nov 3, 2022
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• OPP warn of online sex extortion scam in Haliburton County

  OPP say suspect(s) using fake profiles on social media and dating sites are connecting with would-be victims online, eventually leading to requests for sexual images and threats.

  Crime

  Oct 4, 2022