Nearly 400 children were rescued following an extensive international child pornography investigation, Canadian police announced Thursday. The three-year project dubbed Project Spade revealed an entire child movie production and distribution company in Toronto operating as the website azovfilms.com. Brian Way, 42, allegedly ran the site and sold and distributed images of child exploitation to people across the world, according to police. The United States Postal Inspection Service helped in the investigation since many of the videos were being exported to the U.S., said Inspector Joanna Beaven Desjardins, head of Toronto's Sex Crimes Unit. Police seized over 45 terabytes of data from the $4-million business that distributed to over 50 countries. Overall, 50 people were arrested in Ontario, 58 in the rest of Canada, 76 in the U.S. and 164 internationally – and many of whom worked closely with children, including teachers, nurses, pastors, priests, doctors and nurses.

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