olamide shanu, accused of making £2 million through sextortion, part of a gang tricking victims into sending nude images of themselves online, and then blackmailing them. yesterday in court in london, facing extradition to the us. investigators say olamide shanu was involved in the sextortion of hundreds of victims, part of a new wave of gangs based mainly in nigeria. their aim — terrify their targets, often children, and make them pay. he was shell shocked and he was literally physically shaking. there are scores of different gangs targeting children, children like lucy's14—year—old son. and hejust came up to me and said, "mummy, i've had this message." and he just looked terrified, worried. and i said, "what? what is it?" and he showed me his phone. it was a text message, basically saying, "don't shut us down. if you don't send us money in 2a hours, we'll send a picture to all your contacts." lucy closed her son's account, turned off the phone, and never heard from the gang again. her son's fine. she's furious. we know that some teenagers tragically have ended their own lives