2 warrants related to child sexual abuse material executed in northern Alberta

A woman uses her computer keyboard to type while surfing the internet in North Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, December, 19, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Police in northern Alberta have executed two search warrants related to two unrelated child sexual abuse material investigations.

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The warrants were executed in the Fort McMurray area on Wednesday.

RCMP says the investigations were initiated after Mounties received information from the US based National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

In both cases, reports were submitted to NCMEC by social media platforms that had detected material meeting the definition of child sexual abuse material.

The IP addresses of the suspect social media accounts led investigators to the Fort McMurray area.

Police are not releasing any further details about either investigation at this time.

In Canada, information regarding suspected child sexual assault material can be sumitted through the Canadian Centre for Child Protection’s national tipline at Cybertip.ca.