Investigation įollowing numerous complaints received by the website cybertip.ca about Azov Films, the investigation began in October 2010 when undercover police made online contact with Brian Way, a 42-year-old man from Toronto and the owner of Toronto-based Azov Films, a firm that distributed DVDs and streaming videos of naked children which it marketed as 'naturist.' The primary producers were Igor Rusanov and Andrey Ivanov in Crimea, Ukraine, Markus Roth in Romania, and Paul Kruger in Germany.
348 people were arrested internationally, and 386 children were said to have been rescued. The investigation eventually covered over 50 countries.
The investigation started when Toronto Police Service officers made on-line contact with a man who was alleged to have been sharing pornographic videos via the Internet and by mail. Project Spade, an international police investigation into child pornography, began in October 2010 in Toronto, Canada. Canadian video distributor accused of child pornography
