This week OPP along with several police bureaus from across the province headed the largest child porn bust in Ontario history.
With the announcement of Thursday's sweep, police have seized countless photographs and hours of disturbing video images of children exploited and sexualized.
And behind the blurred photos are the identities of victims.
"We know sexual abuse without it being on (the) Internet (and) that only 10 percent of children come forward and (speak up)," said Karryn Kennedy, executive director of Boost Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention - an organization that provides services to children, youth, and families of abused kids.
Thursday's arrest are the culmination of difficult police work.
Every day the team at the Child Exploitation Unit with the Toronto police are on the search for child predators. To most internet surfers, they are hidden but for officers trained in this line of work, predators are always lurking online, waiting to pounce.
"We'll proactively go online, go undercover and look for where they trade this stuff. Going through images and videos of someone's collection," said Det. Paul Krawcyzk, who is part of the Child Exploitation Unit with Toronto police.
But for some that come into Krawcyzk's office, it isn't for them. The images are too much.
It is already difficult work to face, which makes it even harder to bear with investigators having children of their own.
"A lot of us having families is a big push. Thinking of your own children, nephews, nieces and you got to do it for them. No matter what job you're doing in policing, you can see some terrible things. And so part of it is being a police officer and dealing with it, and shutting off when you go home."
Experts say often victims and their families are in shock and disbelief knowing their images are on the internet forever, leading to complicated emotions.
"There are many victims out there ... if something is happening to them they can tell somebody and there are people doing something about it and can help," says Kennedy.
But the fight against child pornography is an ongoing battle.
"Knowing that what you did today, yesterday, or what do tomorrow is actually going to rescue a child from this abuse and there's no better feeling," adds Krawcyzk.
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