Police have received a 'large number' of reports of money-motivated extortion targeting children and youth.
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There’s also a “double-silencing effect” among victims, who often don’t tell anyone about the extortion because they’ve been convinced to share sexual images of themselves and they’re afraid of getting into trouble, Sauer says. Looking into “chatter amongst the offending community,” he says they noticed the extortionists “understood that they had more unfettered access to kids.”
Sauer says his organization has heard from law enforcement agencies that “there are pockets of these individuals, these extorters, that appear to be international.” Sauer says the majority of victims who contact Cybertip.ca seeking support are boys and young men between the ages of 15 and 25, with most incidents occurring over the social media platforms Instagram and Snapchat.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.Last summer, a 17-year-old boy died by suicide in his rural community south of Winnipeg within three hours of a message that sought to extort him, Sauer says.
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