The Sudbury Star (Ontario, Canada)
A 72-year-old Canadian man has been deported from Cambodia to Sudbury to face outstanding child sexual offences.
The RCMP Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children announced the deportation of Daniel Lavigne on Wednesday.
It did not give any details of the charges he faces in Sudbury, including whether the alleged victims are from this area.
Lavigne was placed in police custody late Monday at Toronto Pearson International Airport following his deportation from Cambodia.
Officers from the Canadian Border Service Agency and Ontario Provincial Police met Lavigne. They executed two outstanding arrest warrants for alleged child sexual offences in Ontario that would have occurred before his departure from Canada.
Lavigne’s deportation was the result of an investigation led by the RCMP Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children.
The RCMP said it began investigating Lavigne in March, after receiving information from a Cambodian non-governmental organization involved in child protection.
“This operation sends a clear message to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada who have the intention of traveling to a foreign country to sexually abuse children,” Insp. Sergio Pasin, Officer-in-Charge of International Operations for Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, said in a release.
“If you think the authorities will not pursue you simply because you're outside Canada, you're wrong. Working with our national and international partners we will keep searching, we will find you and you will be brought to justice.”
Police said Lavigne was living in Cambodia without a valid passport. RCMP investigators “facilitated the critical exchange of information between government and law enforcement authorities which resulted in the repatriation of Mr. Lavigne, so that appropriate legal action could be taken upon his arrival to Canada.”
In addition to Canadian authorities, the Cambodian National Police, the Hong Kong Police Department, RCMP Liaison Officers in Bangkok and Hong Kong, and a non-governmental organization involved in child protection in Cambodia, have been involved in the case.
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