BC Man Convicted of Child Exploitation for Involvement in International Porn Ring

A person uses a cellphone in Ottawa on July 18, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

A British Columbia man has been convicted for his involvement in an international online group dedicated to trafficking child pornography.

The province’s RCMP division says in a release that 34-year-old Joel Andy Daigle from Surrey was charged with child exploitation in April 2020 and has been sentenced to an 18-month conditional term to be served in the community.