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Police break up global webcam ‘sextortion’ ring

02
May
2014

Nearly 60 people have been arrested in the Philippines on charges of operating an international sextortion network. As the Associated Press reports, Filipino police say the suspects targeted hundreds of people in online chat rooms, luring them into having cybersex and exposing themselves on webcams. The network was dismantled after an investigation launched by Philippine police, Interpol, and the US Department of Homeland Security, among other law enforcement agencies.

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