Young children being targeted in sextortion cases in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire Police have issued a warning to parents after 17 sextortion cases across the county.

Children as young as 10 are being lured into sending sexually explicit images and then blackmailed, a police force has said.

The most common age of victims, both male and female, is 16-years-old but children as young as 10 have been approached and some victims have lost money.Det Insp Cheryl Godwin, of the child exploitation, missing and mental health team, said there is a "likely a huge under-reporting" of these offences as children may feel embarrassed or ashamed.

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