From Extortion to Online Sextortion
Bjorn Samstrom, a 41 year old Swedish man, was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for the online 'rape' of 27 minors living in three different countries. What's more: Samstrom never even met them. Extortion has been defined as the act or practice of obtaining something or compelling some action by illegal means, such as force or coercion. Sextortion is using non-physical means or coercion to obtain sexual favors from a victim. Over the internet from Uppsala, Samstrom was able to use sextortion on these minors that lived in Canada, Britain, and the United States. Between 2015 and 2017, Samstrom met these children, all girls save for one boy, through online social networking sites. From there he threatened to post the childrens’ profile pictures on pornography web sites or, worse, threatened to kill them or their families if they didn't perform as he demanded. In response to these threats, the children were forced to take their clothes off and penetrate themselv...