Sextortion case: Two arrested in Nigeria after Australian boy’s suicide

An American schoolboy allegedly sextorted himself, and two people have been detained in Nigeria.

Before they started making threats and demanding money, the teenage victim, according to American police, had exchanged obvious images with someone online.

After a worldwide analysis, the pair reportedly concerned were tracked down in Nigeria, where they will experience courtroom.

According to authorities, sextortion is on the rise, particularly among young people.

For the sake of protecting his family’s privacy, the boy’s age and place of residence in New South Wales ( NSW) have not been made public.

The alleged extortionists were described as “young men” by New South Wales Police, who claimed they had threatened to send photos of the teenager’s friends and family if he refused to pay them A$ 500 ( £260,$ 330 ).

” The emails are tragic. They’re violent and place a lot of pressure on the child to give the money”, the police department’s digital- crime captain, Matthew Craft, told the Sydney Morning Herald ( SMH).

The child died by suicide on the same hour, late last month.

To locate the suspected killers in a tenement in Nigeria with a community of over 25 million, American police collaborated with peers in South Africa and Nigeria.

According to the SMH, the pair’s devices contained proof that they had even attempted to steal people. The American boy’s death was the subject of an alleged bribery, but they have not been charged.

New cases of youth who committed suicide after being targeted by sextortion plots have been reported in both Canada and the US.

Det Supt Craft pleaded with anyone who is targeted to contact the police after seeing a “huge jump” in sextortion situations.

“]They ] are up nearly 400 % in the last 18 months”, he said in a statement.

We want younger people to report these incidents and not feel embarrassed to speak with police.

” Sextortion is a very true murder… These arrests in Nigeria demonstrate how much police are prepared to move to defend our young people’s rights.

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