Man wanted in Philippines for sex crimes against kids known to Winnipeg police since 2011: search warrant
CBC
WARNING: this story contains disturbing details about child sexual abuse.
A Winnipeg man wanted in connection with an alleged child sex trafficking ring in the Philippines has abandoned a court motion that, if successful, would have forced Winnipeg police to return electronic devices seized during the execution of a search warrant.
On Tuesday, CBC News was notified that Marshall Ruskin, 63, is no longer challenging a Winnipeg Police Service court application to retain his property.
Ruskin has been on the radar of Winnipeg police since 2011 for his alleged "interest in young children," according to court documents obtained by CBC News.
The documents were under a publication ban and sealing order, which was also lifted on Tuesday.
Ruskin remains a free man in Canada, even though he's been wanted on three arrest warrants in the Philippines since 2016.
He's accused of paying for videos and photos of girls as young as 18 months old being sexually abused and tortured in the Philippines, according to yet untested Winnipeg police seach warrant documents.
In 2019, Winnipeg police executed a search warrant on Ruskin's home in Garden City, where he was living with his now 28-year-old Filipina wife. They seized a number of devices, including his laptop computers and cellphones.
CBC News first reported on the years-long investigation into Ruskin earlier this year, after obtaining unproven search warrant documents filed by Winnipeg police in court.
Those documents alleged that Ruskin sent thousands of dollars to the Philippines to watch the live sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl via Skype.
Police executed the search warrant after telling a judge they believed he recorded the Skype sessions on his electronic devices.
The documents also revealed his alleged connection with Peter Scully, who was arrested in 2015 after a global manhunt and has since become one of the world's most notorious pedophiles.
After CBC News published a story last month alleging Ruskin's connection to the child sex trafficking ring, his lawyers got a publication ban and sealing order on all court documents relating to the investigation by Winnipeg police.
The bans were lifted Tuesday in Manitoba's Court of Queen's bench, meaning CBC News can now report on further information it has learned from these documents.
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