The financial sextortion resources and links below may be helpful to financial institutions, law enforcement, educators, parents, and victims.
* Items with an asterisk provide Red Flag Indicators of financial sextortion that may be helpful to financial institutions.
Financial Regulatory Guidance, Alerts, and Notices
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Detecting, Disrupting and Investigating Online Child Sexual Exploitation, March 2025.*
FinCEN Sextortion Resources
FinCEN Notice on Financially Motivated Sextortion, September 8, 2025. *
FinCEN Director – Andrea Gacki, Statement before the Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions. September 9, 2025.
FinCEN Financial Trend Analysis: Use of Convertible Virtual Currency for Suspected Online Childe Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking. Feb 2024.*
FinCEN Calls Attention to Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crime, Sept 2021.*
Financial Sextortion Reporting Data
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)
2024 CyberTiplne Reports by Electronic Service Providers
Spike in online crimes against children a ‘wake-up call.‘ NCMEC 9/4/2025
Thorn
Sexual Extortion & Young People: Navigating Threats in Digital Environment, June 2025.
Trends in Financial Sextortion: An Investigation of sextortion reports in NCMEC CyberTipline data, June 2024
Law Enforcement Alerts & Resources
Financially Motivated Sextortion — FBI
Informational Bulletin: Financial Sextortion. Homeland Security Investigations.
Sextortion: It’s More Common Thank You Think. Homeland Security Investigations.
FBI Internet Crime Report 2024
Sextortion Surveys of Teens
Gen Z Remains a Target for Online Sextortion, but Signs of Progress. SnapChat, October 2024.
Sexual Extortion & Young People: Navigating Threats in Digital Environment, June 2025.
Sextortion Education & Awareness Resources
NCMEC Sextortion Educational Resources
No Escape Room Teen Interactive Educational Video by NCMEC
Know2Protect a Department of Homeland Security national public awareness campaign to prevent online child sexual exploitation
THORN for Parents Be your kid’s safety net
Financial Sextortion Research
A Digital Pandemic: Uncovering the Role of ‘Yahoo Boys’ in the Surge of Social Media-Enabled Financial Sextortion Targeting Minors.
How Cryptocurrency Revitalized Commercial CSAM. Alison Jimenez, Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc.
Financially Motivated Sextortion of Minors: Introduction. Alison Jimenez, Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc.*
Teen Sextortion Payments. Alison Jimenez, Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc.*
Consolidating and Laundering Sextortion Proceeds. Alison Jimenez, Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc.*
Sextortion International Money Laundering. Alison Jimenez, Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc.*
Disrupting Sextortion Financial Mechanisms. Alison Jimenez, Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc.*
The Exploitation Gamble: Financial Sextortion of Minors. Alison Jimenez in ACAMS Today.*
Resources to Report or Take Down Non-Consensual Images
NCMEC CyberTipline
Podcasts on Financial Sextortion of Minors
Financially Motivated Sextortion: Old crime, new twist. Abrigo, Ahead of the Curve, A Banker’s Podcast.
Financial Sextortion of Teens: How Money Moves & How to Protect Your Kids. Stolen a Podcast with Erin West.
AML Analytics: An Important Tool. AML RightSource
How Sextortion is Undermining the Workforce of Tomorrow with Paul Raffile. National Security Law Today Podcast.
No Way Out: The Psychological Grip of Sextortion with Paul Raffile. IAFCI- The Protectors Podcast.
Paul Raffile Fights Sextortion No Matter What What the Hack podcast
