NCA Alert: Financially motivated sexual extortion
Date: 10 May 2024
There has been an increase in reporting of children and young people, particularly teenage males, being forced into paying money or meeting another financial demand after an adult offender has threatened to release nudes or semi-nudes of them. This is financially motivated sexual extortion, sometimes referred to as ‘sextortion’, and is a form of child sexual abuse.
The National Crime Agency has issued an alert to education settings that provides advice on how to:
- recognise the signs of financially motivated sexual extortion
- raise awareness and support children to seek help
- support victims
Visit the CEOP Education’s website to download the alert and a template letter for parents and carers with advice on how to talk to their child about financially motivated sexual extortion, and how to support them if they become a victim.
