sextortion

[seks-tawr-shuhn]

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noun

criminal behavior in which a perpetrator illicitly obtains sexually compromising material, such as images, and then threatens to publish it or harm the victim in other ways unless further material or a sum of money is surrendered.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sextortion¹

First recorded in 1945–50; sex ¹ ( def. ) + (ex)tortion ( def. )

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Ivorian law enforcement arrested Alfred Kassi, Oumarou Ouedraogo, Moussa Diaby and Oumar Cisse on criminal charges relating to the sextortion scheme, which involved people being threatened and coerced into sending explicit images online, the Justice Department announced last week.

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Diaby and Cisse were allegedly part of Kassi’s alleged sextortion network and admitted to their own sextortion crimes, according to the Justice Department.

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The FBI’s Sacramento office warned parents last year about the growing threat of sextortion.

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From October 2021 to March 2023, the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations received more than 13,000 reports of online financial sextortion of minors, according to the FBI.

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The sextortion involved at least 12,600 victims — primarily boys — and resulted in at least 20 suicides.

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