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Trøndelag police are warning parents of a growing trend with the sale of nude photos.
Jan Erik Mihle, head of the prevention section at the Sentrum Police Station in Trondheim, informs Adressa that they know that teenage girls sell nude photos to adult men online.
– These girls are usually vulnerable. They are cynically exploited by grown men who come into contact with girls, Mihle warns.
This is not the first time the police have warned of the trend.
Warns against selling nude photos
Pay Vipps
According to Trøndelag police, the fact that this is largely done in secrecy makes it difficult to get a good overview of the scope. What they do know is that grown men are researching girls’ profiles on social media and eventually getting in touch with some of them.
Girls are typically between the ages of 15 and 16, while men, who are from all over the country, range from young adults to men over 50.
Mihle claims that the men eventually ask for nude photos and offer to pay for them. Payment is usually made through Vipps and the amounts known to the Trøndelag police range from 100 to 400 crowns.
They think that money for drugs, clothes, and other valuables can be the motivation for girls to say yes.
– It is important to note that it is not the girls who do anything criminal. They should not feel guilty, emphasizes the Adressa section leader.
Ask parents to follow you
So far, Trøndelag police are aware of only a few cases, but fear that there will be a large number in the dark. Sørvest police also warned this summer against the same trend.
They don’t know it’s illegal
In addition, the police fear that those who ask for photographs also want films in which minors engage in sexual acts.
In May, the Norwegian Media Authority released new figures on nude photos from the Children and the Media 2020 survey.
It showed that 4 out of 10 have received nude photos from other people. Some from girlfriends or friends, but up to 40 percent have received the photos of an unknown person online. 48 percent of those who have experienced this are girls, while 36 percent are boys.
The survey also showed that very few parents are aware of this happening. Only five percent of parents have responded that they know or believe that this has happened to their children. Therefore, the police ask parents to talk to their children about the challenges online and to be on the lookout for any transfers to the children’s bank account, or any new clothing or items.
This summer, the Sørvest police issued the following warning to children and young people:
– The message of the police to young people who share this type of material is that they lose control of the images or films because they can be disseminated online.
Trøndelag police encourage anyone who has shared nude photos of themselves to contact an adult they trust so they can get help in pursuing the case.
