The Dutch man arrested in connection with Amanda Todd’s suicide is unlikely to ever face trial in Canada, according to a veteran immigration lawyer.

Aydin Coban was arrested in a house south of Amsterdam in January after Dutch authorities accused him of using his computer to extort money from girls, boys and even older men.

Officials allege that Coban enticed his victims to strip on webcam and then used screen captures of the footage as blackmail material. One of his alleged victims was 15-year-old Port Coquitlam resident Amanda Todd, who took her own life in 2012 after years of torment at the hands of what was then believed to be an online bully.

“We’re looking at approximately 30 or 40 possible victims in the Netherlands,” said Dutch prosecutor Michiel Swinkels. “They have not all been identified and we’re thinking there are dozens of victims abroad.”

RCMP confirmed Thursday Coban also faces charges in Canada and even suggested the suspect could be extradited.

But immigration lawyer Richard Kurland said that probably won’t happen.

“The alleged act of the accused foreigner took place outside Canada, and because of that, it’s beyond the reach of Canada’s criminal code,” he said. “If the accused decides to face charges and do jail time in Holland, Canada’s attempts at extradition may be frustrated.”

Kurland said that for Amanda Todd’s family to see justice, they may have to file a civil claim against the suspect.

Lawyers for Coban, a 35-year-old unmarried man with no children, said prosecutors will have to prove the computer seized from his client’s home wasn’t used by somebody else.

“Most of the evidence is the IP addresses, Mac addresses, wireless networks; so based on that, it’s very difficult to link those kinds of numbers to a person,” Coban's lawyer Christian van Dijk told CTV News. Van Dijk confirmed his client wants to be tried in the Netherlands.

Many of the suspect’s alleged victims have yet to be identified, but investigators have told CTV News that they have identified other Canadians believed to have been targeted by Coban. He remains in custody in the Netherlands and is charged with extortion, luring and criminal harassment and possession of child pornography for the purpose of distribution.

With a report from CTV Vancouver’s Lisa Rossington