Growing concerns about young people falling victim to sextortion crime has been raised by parents with police, it has been revealed.
Police chiefs in Midlothian said they have been approached by an increasing number of parents reporting incidents involving their children. And they said it is the biggest cause of threats and extortion nationally, with many of the crimes being committed by people living abroad.
Sextortion involves the threat of sharing sexual information, images or clips to extort money from people, whether images actually exist or not.
