Archive for Tag: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

New Jersey closer to declaring ‘sextortion’ a crime

TRENTON, N.J. – Sextortion – extortion by threatening to share nude or explicit images and videos of victims – could soon be punishable by prison time and fines in New Jersey. The full Assembly voted unanimously to advance Assemblywoman Aura Dunn’s bill establishing the crime of sexual extortion on...

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Dunn’s bill cracking down on sexual predators by creating new ‘sextortion’ crime advances in Assembly

TRENTON, N.J. – Sextortion – the act of threatening to share nude or explicit images and videos to extort victims – could soon become a crime in New Jersey. The Assembly Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved Assemblywoman Aura Dunn’s bill ensuring predators who engage in sexual extortion are punished...

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