Sextortion cases lead to four suicides in UK

Police in the UK say at least four men have committed suicide after becoming victims of the blackmail method known as "sextortion"...

The National Crime Agency has launched a new campaign to tackle the problem, which involves criminals using fake online profiles to persuade victims to perform sexual acts in front of their webcam, then threatening to release the footage to family and friends if they do not pay.

Our UK correspondent Dan Whitehead reports...

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