Published: Thu 22 Aug 2024
West African gangs who blackmail teenagers over nude images could be extradited under a crackdown on cyber criminals, the National Crime Agency has said.
The organisation said that gangs were “not safe from prosecution in our country” and that it would seek justice for all victims of sextortion.
Under the crime, teenagers are duped into sending intimate pictures of themselves to fraudsters online who then threaten to share them with others if victims do not hand over money.
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Messaging app Telegram will deploy new tools to prevent the spread of images of child sexual abuse after teaming up with the Internet Watch Foundation.
After years of ignoring pleas to sign up to child protection schemes, the controversial messaging app Telegram has agreed to work with an internationally recognised body to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
The images that Nelson made have been linked back to real children around the world. In some cases, he then went on to encourage his clients to rape and sexually assault the youngsters.