Winnipegger charged in international child porn investigation

A 25-year-old Winnipeg man has been charged in an international child pornography investigation.

Winnipeg police were contacted by their counterparts in New Zealand last monthabout images of child sexual abuse being shared in an online chat room.

The New Zealand Digital Child Exploitation Team said that between Sept. 25 and 26,several images of child sexual abuse were shared from an IP addresslocated in Winnipeg.

On Thursday,Winnipeg policesearched a homein the East Elmwood area. A short time later, a manwas arrested at a housein the city's Burrows area.

He has been charged with sexual assault, sexual interference, possession of child pornography and several counts of making child pornography available to others.

Forensic analysis on items seized by police is ongoing and more charges could be laid, police say.