MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER· STOCKHOLM · THE DAY IN 5 STORIES

Police warn that boys are being blackmailed over intimate images

Hands using a smartphone near a window.
Hands using a smartphone. Illustrative photograph. Sam Lion / Pexels License

Boys are being drawn into sharing intimate images and then threatened with exposure unless they pay, police warn, as reports of sexual extortion involving children increase.

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