Yes. In 2008 officers from the Toronto Police Service and the Maine State Police led an 18-month investigation regarding a series of images of abuse posted on the Internet. The investigators believed that the pictures were taken near the border between New Brunswick and Maine. Members of the Interpol Specialist Group on Crimes Against Children were also involved, scouring their own countries’ image databases for previously undiscovered pictures in this series. None were found and the investigation stalled.
In May of 2008, a team of investigators and computer forensic analysts from the Brazilian Federal Police came to Canada for Kinsa training. During training, the officers were made aware of this case and invited to join the Interpol Group. One of the computer analysts did so, and by using his extensive experience and the Brazilian image database, he found many pictures in this series of abuse, which had never been seen by the Interpol Group before. One of the pictures he found was the missing piece of the puzzle. It gave the RCMP enough information to identify and arrest a suspect in New Brunswick. So far, he’s been charged with offences involving 10 child victims. He is suspected of abusing many more.