Two suspects have been arrested in Nigeria after they were accused of allegedly trying to extort an Australian teenager by threatening to release n3de photos of him online.
Australian police said Monday, April 8, that the boy had killed himself after being threatened by the suspects in the alleged “s3xtortion” scam.
The men, who had been talking with the teenager online, said they would release “personal photos of the boy” if he did not pay them Aus$500 (US$330), Australian police said.
The boy is alleged to have taken his own life in 2023 as a result of the threats.
Working with authorities in South Africa and Nigeria, Australian police said they had tracked the two men to “a slum in Nigeria”.
Under Nigerian law, local authorities “have the power to prosecute for Australian-based offences”, they added.
“The s3xtortion of children is a borderless crime, as these arrests show,” said Australian Federal Police commander Helen Schneider.
