03、菲律宾破获网络性勒索案件Cyber sex blackmail victims recorded'in secret'
02/05/2014
Police in the Philippines have arrest-ed 58 people involved in an Internet extortion network. They are accused of posting fake profiles to social network sites， luring mostly elderly men in-to exposing themselves in video chats which then filmed and used to blackmail them for money.
Basically what's been going on here is that criminals have now taken advantage of technology and in particularly， social networking site where they are creating multiple fake profiles to befriend as many people as possible. And the aim was to encourage the person befriended into having sex over the Internet in front of the webcam and unknown to the person， this is filmed and recorded it. And then she used blackmail further on. Many of these firms are so well-organized like a traditional business with the staff that they have got. So they really are very well-organized. And it enables them to commit crime all over the world rather than traditionally where they may have been confined to their own country.
And these are mostly men；it seems， to think they are striking up kind of interval relationship over the internet with a woman. It turns out that they are not. What kind of money is extorted from them？
It varies anything from a few hundred pounds through to few thousand dollars. And it's whatever they think that they can afford. It's very similar and very specialized to some of the other forms we've seen in particular countries， some countries where teams have got together and they are specialized in skimming cards. Others have specialized in other types of frauds. I guess it's possibly also the fact that Philippines does well in tourist from westernized countries to the Philippines.
译文：
菲律宾警方逮捕58名涉嫌互联网敲诈的嫌疑人。他们在社交网站上发布虚假个人资料，诱骗年纪较大的男性在视频聊天的过程中暴露身体，然后进行摄像，并以此敲诈。
基本情况就是不法分子利用高科技，具体来说是在社交网站上创建一系列虚假资料，尽可能多地加好友。目的就是怂恿网友在摄像头前进行网上色情活动。然而，对方却不知道这个过程已经被录制下来。然后，不法分子就以此进行敲诈。许多此类公司都组织得井然有序，有自己的员工，俨然传统的正规公司。这让他们能够在全世界作案，而不是像传统作案方式那样仅局限于自己的国家。
似乎上钩的都是男性，他们认为自己在和一位女性进行不定期的网聊，但事实不是这样。一般来说，不法分子会从他们身上勒索多少钱呢？
钱数多少不确定，从几百英镑到几千美元都有。他们认为对方能给多少，就要多少。之前我们在其他国家也见过这种类似的犯罪形式。某些国家的犯罪团伙擅长利用信用卡进行诈骗。另外还有其他各种形式的诈骗。我认为菲律宾这一案件发生的一个原因是菲律宾在接待西方游客方面有经验。
单词解析Word analysis
1. invoIved in涉及；包含在……中
例句：I don't want to get involved in the matter.
我不想卷入此事。
He is deeply involved in debt.
他债台高筑。
2. extortion[?k'st???n]n.强取；敲诈；勒索
例句：He faces charges of kidnapping and extortion.
他面临绑架和勒索的指控。
3. expose[?k'sp??z]vt.暴露；揭露；
例句：The soldiers were warned to remain hidden and not to expose themselves.
士兵们受到警告要隐藏好，不能暴露自己招致危险。
He lifted his T-shirt to expose a jagged scar across his chest.
他掀起T恤，露出他胸前那个凹凸不平的疤痕。
4. fake[fe?k]adj.假的；n.骗子，假货
例句：Cops arrest 8 men who manufacture and sell fake college notice.
警察在本月初逮捕了8名伪造和贩卖假大学录取通知书的人。
I can't believe he sold me a lousy fake watch！
我真不敢相信，他居然卖给我一块质量很差的假表！
5. bIackmaiI['bl?kme?l]n.勒索；敲诈vt.勒索；敲诈
例句：It's a clear case of blackmail！
这显然是敲诈！
语法知识点Grammar points
1. They are accused of posting fake profiles to social network sites， luring mostly elderly men into exposing themselves in video chats which then filmed and used to blackmail them for money.
他们在社交网站上发布虚假个人资料，诱骗年纪较大的男性在视频聊天的过程中暴露身体，然后进行摄像，并以此敲诈。
“luring”是非谓语动词做目的状语，表示主语的主动性；后半句的“which then filmed and used to blackmail them for money”是定语从句，which指代的是video chats。
2. Basically what's been going on here is that criminals have now taken advantage of technology and in particularly， social networking site where they are creating multiple fake profiles to befriend as many people as possible.
基本情况就是不法分子利用高科技，具体来说是在社交网站上创建一系列虚假资料，尽可能多地加好友。目的就是怂恿网友在摄像头前进行网上色情活动。
本句由几个从句结合而成，“what's been going on here”在句中充当主语，that之后是一个表语从句，在句中做表语，“where they are creating multiple fake profiles to befriend as many people as possible”是地点状语从句，指代的是networking site。
