Sudbury

Police report online child sexual exploitation cases have risen across Canada over a 10-year period, according to Statistics Canada. In northern Ontario, police services say they're dealing with growing caseloads and increasingly complex investigations amid new technologies such as artificial intelligence.

'Any child is potentially a target for these offenders,' says Sudbury investigator

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Police in North Bay, Sudbury and Timmins say online child sexual exploitation cases are on the rise.…