‘Sextortion’ of young people in Scotland has risen sharply and boys and young men are most at risk
“We’re not the family we used to be,” says Rachel, as she reflects on the aftermath of discovering that her teenage son, Ben, had been the victim of online blackmail.
“He’s got an older sibling, so on weekends we used to do everything together, going out as a family. But when all this came about, that stopped. Ben wouldn’t go out, because he was always looking over his shoulder.”
