![]() ![]() Katie Sobko covers the New Jersey Statehouse. This increasing threat has resulted in an alarming number of deaths by suicide.Īnyone who has been exploited can go to for more information about how to report the incident. According to the agency, the offender often releases the victim’s sexually explicit material regardless of whether they receive payment. The kids in these cases send sexually explicit material and then receive threats that the compromising material will be released publicly if they don’t send money or gift cards. Other charges listed in this chapter have maximums that go as high as 20 years in prison upon conviction. Subscriber exclusive: Online child sex abuse on sites like Facebook, not just the 'dark web': Can they stop it?Īuthorities have said they have also seen an increase in financial sexual extortion cases that target children. 872 for 1,000 or less is the only other charge listed in this chapter with a maximum sentence of one year in jail and a fine. That agency said on its website that some cases start with a threat, but more often a young person believes they are communicating with someone their own age who is interested in a relationship or with someone who is offering something of value. Sexual extortion can start on any site, app, messaging platform or game where people meet and communicate, according to the FBI. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, a private nonprofit that received federal funding, said the number of sexual extortion reports doubled between 20. “As cases of sexual extortion rise across the country, we will work tirelessly to ensure that New Jersey’s residents are not exploited or victimized." "In this digital age, the protections we have in place to safeguard our residents must expand to address threats that arise online,” Murphy said in a statement. ![]() ![]() Murphy called the law a way to "modernize our laws by bolstering protections for victims of sexual extortion and allowing for harsher penalties to hold perpetrators of these crimes accountable." Those punishments go up to 10 years in prison and a maximum $150,000 fine if the victim is a minor or someone with developmental disabilities.īoth chambers of the Legislature unanimously passed the bill in February. Hacking a device to steal sexual images and then threatening to spread them or coercing someone into taking explicit photos or videos to use them for blackmail now carries a penalty of up to five years in prison, $15,000 in fines or both. A form of extortion could include the threat of physical injury, destruction of property, or improper government action. Phil Murphy on Monday officially made sexual extortion a third-degree crime. Extortion is a form of theft that occurs when an offender obtains money, property, or services from another person through coercion. It’s now illegal to use sexual images for extortion purposes in New Jersey. Watch Video: Tamia Woods shares her message about sextortion with young people ![]()
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