sextortion
30 Jan
A Nigerian man, Hassanbunhussein Abolore Lawal, 24, has been extradited to the United States to face prosecution for the alleged sextortion of a minor, which led to the victim's death. According to the BBC, Lawal, from Osun State, was flown to the US on Saturday following an agreement with the federal government that he would…
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The Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT) has raised concerns over the alarming rate of sextortion and trafficking
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A United States court has sentenced two Nigerian brothers, Samuel Ogoshi and Samson Ogoshi, to 17 years and six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexually extorting more than 100 young men and teenage boys. The brothers’ sexual extortion act led to the death of a 17-year-old Michigan high school student Jordan DeMay,…
30 Jul 2024
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP) is collaborating with Meta to combat rising cases
30 Jul 2024
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) is collaborating with Meta to combat rising cases of sextortion in the country.
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Meta on Wednesday said it has removed 63,000 Instagram accounts linked to sextortion scams from Nigeria, days after authorities in the West African country slapped a $220 million fine on the company. The deleted accounts included a network of 2,500 profiles traced to a group of 20 people. Some 1,300 Facebook accounts, 200 Facebook Pages…
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Two men have been arrested in Nigeria after allegedly trying to extort an Australian teenager by threatening to release compromising photos of him online, Australian police said Monday. Detectives said the boy had killed himself after being threatened by the suspects in the alleged "sextortion" scam. The men, who had been talking with the teenager…
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