The Guardian – UK Police Threaten Extraditions To Tackle Sextortion Criminals
The Guardian leads with a claim foreign cybercriminals could be extradited as part of a crackdown on a rise in sextortion. The offence, which often targets teenagers, sees people being blackmailed after sharing intimate pictures.
Elsewhere, there are “fresh calls” for the chancellor to end the two-child benefit cap, according to the paper, as it offers its take on the challenges Labour faces in power.
National Crime Agency threatens extraditions over rise in sextortion cases
The National Crime Agency has warned international cybercriminals that it could seek to extradite them as part of a crackdown to tackle an alarming rise in the numbers of young people being targeted for sextortion.
The agency said the gangs, often based in west Africa, were “not safe from prosecution in our country” and that it would seek justice for all victims of the crime.
In cases of sextortion, teenagers are tricked online into sending intimate pictures of themselves to fraudsters who then demand money and threaten to share the material with others.
The Guardian has learned that detailed guides to sextortion in written and video formats are available freely online, with criminals offering individual tuition for further payment.
Pressure grows on Rachel Reeves to end two-child benefit cap in next budget
Rachel Reeves is coming under renewed pressure to end the two-child benefit limit in October’s budget, after the Guardian revealed the chancellor is preparing to keep it in place.
MPs and anti-poverty campaigners are warning that any delay in scrapping the policy will keep hundreds of thousands of children in poverty, with just weeks until Reeves unveils her first major fiscal package.
The Guardian reported on Wednesday that Reeves was preparing to raise taxes and cut public spending at the budget in an attempt to fix a black hole in the budget that is bigger than Treasury officials were expecting.
Among the measures being considered by the chancellor are keeping the benefit limit in place and limiting departmental spending rises to an average of just 1% above inflation a year – a move that would mean heavy cuts to unprotected departments.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 22 August 2024.
Thursday’s front pages have a variety of stories as their leads but most of the papers feature the dramatic images of the Italian emergency teams bringing victims of the yacht disaster back to shore.
Elsewhere it’s mostly domestic politics on the front pages as the publications offer up their assessments of challenges the new government faces. Some papers are looking ahead to the upcoming Autumn budget.
Showbiz news, including Taylor Swift’s boost to the UK economy and JLO and Ben Afflect’s divorce, make the front pages.
The sports pages are dominated by Premier League gossip, with most back pages choosing to lead on reports Raheem Sterling is being forced out of Chelsea.