Online Sextortion

• Burnaby man receives 3.5 years in jail for cross-Canada sextortion

  Crown and defence counsel said the online communications Anwer Jelassi had with the teen girls he demanded money from were “insulting, demeaning and hostile.”

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  Oct 16
  
• B.C. man pleads guilty to charges of sextorting teens across Canada

  Mounties began investigating the case after victims in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario reported being extorted by someone they’d met on social media.

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  Dec 24, 2025
  
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• More than 16,000 cases of child online sextortion reported in B.C. this year

  According to the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, 29 per cent of children said they have been sent sexually explicit material online.

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  Nov 29, 2023
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• Human trafficking survivor says online sextortion of B.C. boy is heartbreaking, frustrating

  Prince George boy, Carson Cleland, died by suicide on Oct. 12 after being the victim of online sextortion, RCMP said Monday. His family was speaking out about their loss.

  Crime

  Nov 28, 2023
• 12-year-old boy in B.C. dies by suicide in response to online sextortion, police say

  RCMP in Prince George, B.C., say Carson Cleland took his life after being the victim of online sextortion, which is the most prevalent in kids aged 13 to 18.

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  Nov 27, 2023
• Saskatchewan RCMP receive multiple reports of sexting scams involving teenage boys

  The Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit and Maidstone RCMP have issued warnings after receiving dozens of reports of 'sextortion' incidents involving children.

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  Jan 4, 2023
• Alberta police warn of continued sextortion with more than 100 victims this year

  Sextortion is a form of online blackmail where criminals deceive young people through various digital platforms like Snapchat and Instagram to obtain explicit images.

  Crime

  Dec 15, 2022
• Penticton RCMP see ‘alarming increase’ in online exploitation of youth

  Penticton RCMP say they’ve seen an alarming increase in youth reporting online sexual exploitation incidents.

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  Jun 30, 2022
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• South Simcoe police investigating multiple sextortion scams reported in Innisfil, Bradford

  Police said a suspect requested to video chat with a man, obtained sexual images of him and threatened to share them with his friends and family if he didn't send money.

  Crime

  Sep 29, 2021