{"id":1112439,"date":"2021-12-12T18:44:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T23:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1112439"},"modified":"2021-12-12T18:44:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T23:44:09","slug":"uk-abdul-elahi-jailed-for-blackmailing-2000-victims-into-paedophilic-activity-self-harming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-abdul-elahi-jailed-for-blackmailing-2000-victims-into-paedophilic-activity-self-harming\/","title":{"rendered":"UK: Abdul Elahi Jailed for Blackmailing 2,000 Victims Into Paedophilic Activity, Self-Harming"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-abdul-elahi-jailed-for-blackmailing-2000-victims-into-paedophilic-activity-self-harming%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1112439&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Abdul-Elahi-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Abdul Elahi, a serial blackmailer who targeted 2,000 victims online, forcing them to self-harm and engage in paedophilic activity, was jailed after admitting 158 charges committed against 72 victims.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Elahi, 26, forced his victims, around 550 of whom were British, to send degrading images of themselves or others to him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The National Crime Agency (NCA), roughly equivalent to America\u2019s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-birmingham-57386159\">said<\/a> that Elahi would target vulnerable people, such the underage and people in debt, by posing as a wealthy individual on \u2018sugar daddy\u2019 websites and promising large sums of cash for indecent photos.<\/p>\n<p>After he obtained the photos, Elahi would use them as blackmail to extort more extreme photos and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/abdul-elahi-predator-who-blackmailed-2-000-victims-and-sold-box-sets-to-paedophiles-jailed-for-32-years-12490161\">horrific videos<\/a>&nbsp;from his victims, demanding that they film themselves self-harming and\/or physically abusing young children and younger siblings, for example.<\/p>\n<p>If victims refused to send Elahi what he demanded he would become&nbsp;aggressive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/central\/2021-12-10\/it-turned-nasty-aggressive-threatening-victims-of-abdul-elahi-speak-out\">threaten<\/a> to send their explicit photos and videos to their families and friends.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>When his victims begged for mercy or said they were suicidal, Elahi would laugh at and ridicule them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.8915662650602\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paedophile Abdul Hasib Elahi Targeted 2,000 Women and Children in Global Blackmail Scheme <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wSUNxbOcti\">https:\/\/t.co\/wSUNxbOcti<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1402665039358836746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elahi would sell this content via encrypted platforms and made upwards of \u00a325,000 in the process. One customer alone purchased over 1,000 hours of \u2018box set\u2019 content from Elahi.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned in court Elahi admitted that he viewed his \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2021\/12\/10\/abdul-elahi-sadistic-blackmailer-targeted-2000-women-15753711\/\">sadistic\u201d<\/a> crimes as a job and was&nbsp;\u201ctrying to make as much money\u201d as he possibly could.<\/p>\n<p>His victims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-birmingham-59614734\">ranged<\/a> from eight-month-old babies to adults, and detectives believe there are many more victims to be discovered.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>More than 67,000 images were recovered from Elahi\u2019s hard drives and victims are believed to be from around thirty different countries.<\/p>\n<p>Sentencing judge Sarah Buckingham described&nbsp;Abdul Elahi as the \u201cvery worst type of predatory offender ever identified thus far\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" readability=\"33\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\" readability=\"36\">\n<p>She told Elahi he had \u201cplainly derived pleasure from the agony you caused \u2013 with complete disregard for your victims\u2019 suffering,\u201d and that there was&nbsp;\u201ca sadistic element to your offending, demonstrated through the blackmail and the relentless targeting of children and young adults.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" readability=\"28.626506024096\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\" readability=\"34.265060240964\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">\u201cThe abhorrent nature of your crimes warrants an extremely long sentence for the protection of the public,\u201d she said, handing down a reported sentence of 32 years \u2014 although he will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countytimes.co.uk\/news\/national\/19777308.online-paedophile-posed-banker-target-thousands-jailed-32-years\/\">eligible for release<\/a> after serving only two-thirds of it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.8915662650602\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nearly One Million People Pose a Sexual Risk to Children in the UK, Reveals &#8216;British FBI&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EmbBmEK3kK\">https:\/\/t.co\/EmbBmEK3kK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1397593370546085889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The NCA had been working with the Revenge Porn Helpline for over two and a half years in an attempt to remove Elahi\u2019s content from social media and pornography sites. They have so far removed 135,000 individual images.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis content is some of the most extreme that the helpline has ever dealt with,\u201d the helpline has said.<\/p>\n<p>Elahi\u2019s co-defendant&nbsp;Kirsty Nicholls, 35, of Northolt, west London was also sentenced to a notional six years and nine months for her role in assisting Elahi create indecent images of children, with the prosecution noting she had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10288511\/Paedophile-26-branded-league-targeting-2-000-victims-Britain-US.html\">willing abused a young boy on camera for Elahi<\/a>&nbsp;in a BDSM-style performance and \u201ceven made suggestions as to what to do in the next video\u201d for him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9337748344371\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK Child Abuse Inquiry Refuses to Investigate Pakistani Grooming Gangs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VgU7hFXpxu\">https:\/\/t.co\/VgU7hFXpxu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1320756825122349060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdul Elahi, a serial blackmailer who targeted 2,000 victims online, forcing them to self-harm and engage in paedophilic activity, was jailed after admitting 158 charges committed against 72 victims. 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