Image: RCMP / Surrey RCMP's announced Friday (Apr. 21) that charges have been laid against Tanner Adam Duffy of Surrey for four counts of luring a child under 16, three counts of child porn possession, and one count each of sexual interference, sexual assault, forcible confinement, and making sexually explicit material available to a child under 16.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Child exploitation suspect charged, rele

Child porn suspect charged, already released by the courts: RCMP

Apr 21, 2023 | 2:48 PM

SURREY — Following a lengthy investigation of approximately 18 months by the Surrey RCMP Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE), a 30-year-old Surrey man has been arrested for luring a child, child porn possession, and sexual interference among a litany of charges.

Surrey RCMP advised Friday (Apr. 21) that charges have been laid against Tanner Adam Duffy of Surrey for four counts of luring a child under 16, three counts of child porn possession, and one count each of sexual interference, sexual assault, forcible confinement, and making sexually explicit material available to a child under 16.

Duffy was arrested on Monday, April 17 and released the next day by the courts on conditions, Surrey RCMP confirmed in a statement. Those conditions include:

Reporting to a bail supervisor;
Not go to any public park, public swimming area, community centre or theatre where persons under the age of 16 years are present or can reasonably be expected to be present;
Not have any contact or communication, directly or indirectly, or be alone in the presence of, any person under the age of 16 years; and
Not to access any computer network including the internet.

In November 2021, Surrey RCMP’s ICE unit commenced an investigation after a notification from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. It was believed that two Facebook accounts were sharing explicit content, and one account was believed to be a youth.

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Through the investigation, two young teenage girl victims were identified from Surrey, and West Shore. The alleged offences occurred between July 2020 and February 2022. The investigation involved communications through many online platforms including Facebook and Snapchat, and the alleged suspect commonly used the screen name Tanner boy.

“Surrey RCMP’s Internet Child Exploitation is a team of specially trained investigators whose primary goal is to protect children and youth from harm, and prevent further victimization,” said Surrey RCMP media relations officer Corporal Vanessa Munn. “Investigators work closely with partners such as the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, and also participates in programs like Project Arachnid, which issues takedown notices to electronic service providers to remove child sexual exploitation images from the internet. We encourage parents to have open and ongoing communication with their children about how to stay safe while online, as well as to monitor online activity.”

Online safety resources are available through cybertip.ca.

by Mike Vanden Bosch

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