From Victoria Police's top 5 charting true crime podcast Police Life: The Experts comes this story of how investigators took down a cruel and twisted online sex offender. Having a stranger gain access to private, intimate images is a terrifying and constant worry for many social media users – particularly for children. That stranger then threatening to release the images brings a whole new level of humiliation. A team of detectives shares how a four-year investigation put a rampant Snapchat sextortionist, who exploited dozens of young victims, behind bars.

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