Hundreds of thousands of child porn images, videos discovered in ALERT investigation, 5 Calgarians charged

Five Calgarians are among seven Albertans charged in an Alberta Law Enforcement Teams (ALERT) operation which uncovered alleged child sexual exploitation.

ALERT’S Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit made the arrests between June and August in Calgary, Lethbridge, and Red Deer.

Operation ICE Storm was launched in June and focused on high-level targets that were sharing and distributing vast collections of child sexual exploitation materials via peer-to-peer file sharing networks.

ALERT explains the operation prioritized suspects with the largest collections and some of the most graphic content.

These investigations led to the seizure of more than 40 computers and electronic devices. On those devices, forensic investigators discovered more than 405,000 images and 11,000 videos of chil