Canadian Authorities busted sixty people in a massive child porn investigation that may spill over into Southwest Florida.  The authorities charged 213 separate violation, seized large amounts of money and weapons while executing search warrants.  To the extent that files and images of underage children were shared on the Internet we can expect the investigation to flow into Ft. Myers, Sarasota and Naples.

When law enforcement executes a search warrant they generally have forensic experts go through the computers searching for links to other people who have shared files.  Since a lot of kiddie porn comes out of or through Canada it is expected that the investigations will eventually reach anyone in this area that may have file shared or sent or received child porn.

Law enforcement will track the IP addresses and you can expect search warrants being executed by both federal authorities and local state agencies.  Even if images were deleted, they are still most of the time buried in the computer and law enforcement can ring them back to life.

The Federal Sentencing Guidelines here in America call for the imposition of extremely long prison sentences for simply viewing images or even worse, sharing child porn images.

If you think you may have a problem, do not wait for them to knock on the door.  Never under any circumstances surrender your computer without a search warrant.  Never consent to an interview and never under any circumstance think you will be able to talk your way out of being arrested. As an experienced sex crime lawyer I can assure you that exercising your right to an attorney is the best course.  Call today if you think you may have a problem or just want to discuss your situation.  There is no charge for a free consultation.