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TORONTO — Police say they have made 80 arrests as part of a sweeping investigation in Ontario targeting the exploitation of children online.

Ontario Provincial Police says the investigation involved 26 municipal forces, as well as the RCMP, the Canada Border Services Agency, the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service, and U.S. Homeland Security.

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Altogether, police executed 174 search warrants that lead to 274 charges against 80 persons, including one youth. The adults facing charges range in age from 18 to 74 and are as far flung as Niagara, Toronto, North Bay, Timmins and Ottawa.

Steven Campbell, a 37-year-old daycare worker at the Bronte Street School in Milton, faces two charges: possession of child pornography and accessing child pornography.

The charges laid against the 80 individuals include sexual assault, making child pornography, distributing child pornography and luring a person under the age of 16.