CHILD PORN DISTRIBUTOR IN TROUBLE

PENTICTON - The Crown is seeking a six to eight year jail term for a Penticton man who played a willing and coordinating role in a world-wide child pornography ring on the dark web. 
Tyler David Walker, 21, pleaded guilty this morning to importing or distributing child pornography. While those charges are not entirely uncommon, the police investigation revealed that Walker was far more involved that many men who simply view or download. 
Crown Prosecutor Andrew Vandersluys told court the investigation was a cooperative effort involving the Department of Homeland Security in the United States, the Toronto Police Department and the Integrated Child Exploitation Unit of the RCMP and focussed on the ‘dark web,’ a corner of the internet most people aren't aware of.
Between August, 2015 and March, 2017, police monitored sites dedicated to child porn and child exploitation, eventually leading them to Walker and his online presence through several aliases, including ‘Drax,’ ’Slunk,’ and ‘Dead Pool,' as he exchanged comments, acted as moderator and assisted in the development of child porn websites on the dark web.
Over the course of the investigation, police observed links to extremely graphic images and videos of child pornography.

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