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Coronavirus pandemic contributed to rise in online child exploitation, Fintrac says
child sexual exploitation.The federal Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, known as Fintrac, says in an operational alert issued today the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to an increase in the consumption and production of digital material related to sexual abuse of children.The new alert and a list of indicators of illicit transactions tied to exploitation were developed from an analysis of Fintrac’s financial intelligence in consultation with Scotiabank, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection and the RCMP.The effort, known as Project Shadow to underscore the activity’s hidden nature, is modelled after earlier public-private sector partnerships aimed at human trafficking in the sex trade, sale of fentanyl,