Organized criminals target children for 'sextortion'

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The practice of "sextortion" is reaching pandemic levels, federal officials say, as ruthless individuals and organized criminals refine the craft of manipulating children into sending explicit images of themselves -- and then demand money or more images under threats.The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) reported a nearly 50 percent increase in possible "sextortion" cases from 2019 to 2021, as the population spent more time in front