Sextortion: The Global Pandemic January 07, 2025

FREE!

This class looks at the psychological process a victim undergoes once they realize they are trapped by someone they have never met.

In 2021, NCMEC (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children” processed more than 29.3 million reports of potential online child sexual abuse or exploitation. That is more than 80,000 a day. It is truly a pandemic that exploded during the Covid lock down as young people conducted online learning. The victims are younger and younger. Many times, the families are not aware of just how serious the situation is and that their child is in grave danger and in a situation, they are not emotionally or psychologically prepared to handle.

In this session, we will look at the many different ways individuals and sextortion rings access, seduce and blackmail our young people. We will look at specific social media, games, and apps that are used by predators. We will examine the profile of various predators who are working alone or as part of a large-scale sextortion ring. We will explore what makes victims vulnerable to exploitation and how they respond including leaving home in the middle of the night or running away with the predator. We will examine several cases where exceptionally smart and talented young males and females took their own lives shortly after being blackmailed. We will identify behavioral traits that indicate a child is in trouble and most important discuss prevention and intervention methods for parents, counselors, educators, advocates and faith leaders.