FBI investigations led to the arrest of 22 Nigerian subjects

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In the wake of thousands of reports of teen boys being tricked into sharing sexually explicit photos and threatened with exposure unless they paid up—a scenario blamed for more than 20 teen suicides in the U.S. since 2021—the FBI and law enforcement partners from Canada, Australia, and Nigeria conducted a first-of-its kind operation that resulted in charges against some of the most egregious perpetrators of financially motivated sextortion.

As a result of Operation Artemis, FBI investigations led to the arrest of 22 Nigerian subjects, with at least one arrest linked to an American victim who took their own life.

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