The rise in Canada's crime severity index in 2023 was mainly impacted by a 52% increase of police-reported instances of child sexual exploitation.
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British Columbia accounted for 79 per cent of that increase, while Alberta made up 14 per cent. Manitoba’s number of cases came down slightly. “We’ve been inundated over the last few years since COVID, really,” Olson explained. “From luring cases, to making and distributing child pornography cases… unfortunately I’m not surprised that the numbers are high nationally.”there have been 609 instances of CSE between 2018 and 2022, with 411 perpetrators being identified within the same time period.Olson also made it clear that it’s not just one specific gender that is being primarily targeted by abusers.
“The importance of understanding how kids use technology, and the risks are important regardless of your background,” Davis said. “Where you live, your community size… Please never have a false sense of ‘my kid’s OK’.”
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