Alan Charboneau, charged with possession of child pornography and access of child pornography, has been ordered to stand trial May 9 in Quesnel provincial court.
Charboneau was arrested in March of 2009 after policing partners across Canada carried out the largest ever co-ordinated investigation into Internet-facilitated child sexual abuse in the country.
The investigation, dubbed “Project Salvo”, was coordinated by the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre and developed in conjunction with its domestic policing partners.
The investigation focused on users that would meet other like-minded individuals and exchange child sexual abuse images online.
In British Columbia, members from the Integrated Child Exploitation Unit (ICE), Technological Crime Unit, RCMP detachments from Richmond, Surrey, Langley, Burnaby, Prince George, Quesnel, Fort St. John and municipal police forces from New Westminster, Abbotsford, Delta, Victoria and Saanich executed search warrants for child exploitation related offences.
In Quesnel, two separate search warrants were executed by BC ICE with Quesnel RCMP assistance and RCMP Tech Crime Unit.
Two Quesnel men (Jason Chukra and Charboneau) were arrested for child pornography-related offences.
Chukra was recently sentenced to three months in jail and two years probation for access of 879 photographs and 92 films consisting of child pornography.
Charboneau’s trial is expected to last three days.