Sask. police say online 'sextortion' involving kids is a 'growing concern'
SASKATOON -- Sgt. Shawn Stubbs says he’s seen an increase in all crimes involving exploitation of children over the internet, including sextortion. Sextortion is when someone threatens to leak nude content if a user doesn’t send money or more sexual images or videos. “Once they get one picture, they want more,” said Stubbs, Saskatchewan’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit Coordinator. “It’s a growing concern. With us, all our numbers are up, so everything has increased." Cybertip, the national tip line for reporting online sexual exploitation of children, says is h...
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