bessie
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It's hard to say. Of the 60 arrests mentioned above, I'd think the majority were individual users accessing child *advertiser censored*, and who were not involved in production or distribution. I don't know if that makes a difference, but I think it might if the individual users were not charged as part of the conspiracy.In the news conference for MS's arrest LE announced that at that point they were executing more than 15 search warrants and production orders and following up on more than 700 tips.
That would be the May 22 HPS presser. We need a transcript!
cf. this case, http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/0...er censored*-bust-in-canadian-history-report/
LE traced 8,940 IP addresses and arrested 60.
So maybe they are talking about most computers used in the same category of crime (i.e., excluding computer crimes)?
What we need is Leitch's definition of "Ontario criminal law history". lol
Beside the *advertiser censored* bust you cited, I found these recent cases where large numbers of devices were seized.Tony Leitch, the Hamilton Crown attorney prosecuting the Bosma case, says the project involves "one of the largest computer seizures in Ontario criminal law history."
http://www.insidehalton.com/news-st...ed-bosma-killer-s-girlfriend-was-incinerated/
20 computers seized in the bust of a gambling ring.
http://www.lfpress.com/2013/03/05/london-homes-raided-in-gambling-ring-bust
24 computers seized in the criminal investigation of two gas plant cancellations.
http://www.insidehalton.com/news-st...s-his-computer-not-among-those-seized-by-opp/
http://london.ctvnews.ca/hard-drive...zed-as-part-of-gas-plants-probe-opp-1.1706955
45 terabytes of data seized in the Azovfilms child *advertiser censored* bust. This was an international sting led by the Toronto Police Sex Crimes Unit.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/joy-...estigation-child-sexual-abu/10153509305300235
32 servers seized in Ontario in the Megaupload case. This one might not count since it was a U.S. investigation.
http://caselaw.canada.globe24h.com/...-of-america-v-equinix-inc-2013-onsc-193.shtml
http://www.davis.ca/en/publication/...s-cross-border-data-seizure-order-in-ontario/
Who knows where this investigation falls within those numbers. Regardless, I think we can suffice to say, it's pretty darn big. JMO