Rohan, 17, thought he was texting a teenage girl. When the truth came out he had taken his own life

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WARNING: Distressing content Rohan’s story On Saturday Rohan Cosgriff won best on ground playing footy. On Monday he was delighted that his dad, a horse trainer, had a winner at the track while he was at school. On Tuesday, within hours of being blackmailed over an explicit photo on social media by an international criminal, Rohan Cosgriff was dead. The boy from Ballarat with a beautiful smile and the brightest of futures had taken his own life; the victim of sextortion.

and they are undertaking further assessment of the matter.” “The further crucial technical data ... is still being analysed as part of the current investigation.” It’s unclear why Victoria Police took more than four months to forward the new data to the AFP-led . And still, almost two years since his tragic death, no details of Rohan Cosgriff’s case have been passed on to Nigerian authorities by Australian law enforcement. However, 7NEWS Spotlight provided information about the 17-year-old to the head of Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre, Commissioner Uche Ifeanyi Henry when we met in the country’s capital Abuja in February. He has opened an official investigation but requires further details from Australian authorities.

Commander Helen Schneider told 7NEWS Spotlight: “We do a lot of work in the prevention and awareness space to tackle sextortion. It’s important for families to know that we’re across this issue, we’re working on it.” “I think, for us, it is challenging obviously when offenders are located offshore.” Australian authorities did have success earlier this year, with the arrest of two Nigerian men linked to the 2023 sextortion death of a boy from NSW.

 

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