Anti-child porn group fights to remove 'countless' online images from Canada's most prolific voyeur

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Even as Yin Yeung Derek Chan went to prison earlier this year, the actions of Canada's most prolific voyeur continued to "irrevocably scar" the lives of victims, a judge said. Chan had uploaded many of the "countless" videos and images secretly recorded of at least 652 women and children online.

When Yin Yeung Derek Chan went to prison earlier this year, a judge said the photographs and videos Chan produced as Canada's most prolific voyeur would continue to "irrevocably scar" the lives of victims.

After an investigation by CBC News, a team of researchers at one Canadian charity has spent months working to take down as many of these images as they can, including several posted to social media.

"I deal with this stuff every day, but [this case] was really unique in terms of the volume [of images]," said Lloyd Richardson, director of technology for the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (CCCP).

Court records show Saanich police apprehended Chan in 2024 after some of the images the voyeur uploaded online were flagged by the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children.

In a search warrant application, Saanich police wrote that officers confronted Chan with allegations that the voyeur had recorded hundreds of victims, and uploaded more than 100 of these files online.

"Something like that, I've lost count," Chan said, according to the records.

One Reddit post created by Chan — tagged "NSFW", meaning not safe for work — contained 19 images which appeared to be taken of girls and young women, without their knowledge, while they were shopping.

Commenters asked where to find videos Chan filmed, to which the voyeur responds they're "only open to payers."

"I am ready to follow and pay if necessary," writes one commenter. "Thank you for your work."

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