For years, the company’s website included disclaimers arguing that since the videos did not explicitly depict sexual acts, they did not constitute pornography and were protected under the guise of “nudism” or “body culture”. However, law enforcement agencies in Canada, the United States, and Europe strongly disagreed. By 2011, investigations had revealed that Azov Films was a key link in an international network producing and distributing child exploitation material. The content was filmed not in Canada, but in countries like Ukraine and Romania, where impoverished children were coerced or manipulated into participating under the guise of games or sports.