167 reports of sextortion in Northern Ireland last year

Almost 170 people in Northern Ireland were faced with blackmail over intimate images in the last year, according to police figures.

167 reports of sextortion in Northern Ireland last year

Almost 170 people in Northern Ireland were faced with blackmail over intimate images in the last year, according to police figures.

Sextortion involves a perpetrator threatening to reveal such images of the victim online unless they give in to their demands.

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