Blackmail is a criminal act of coercion using a threat.. As a criminal offence, blackmail is defined in various ways in common law jurisdictions. In the United States, blackmail is generally defined as a crime of information, involving a threat to do something that would cause a person to suffer embarrassment or financial loss. By contrast, in the Commonwealth its definition is wider: for.. Blackmail, extortion and sexual assault rates are on the rise in Australia but most other violent crimes are in decline, crime figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveal.
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The offence of blackmail is New South Wales is contained in section 249K of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), which provides that: (1) A person who makes any unwarranted demand with menaces-. (a) with the intention of obtaining a gain or of causing a loss, or. (b) with the intention of influencing the exercise of a public duty, is guilty of an offence.. The maximum penalties for blackmail are: 15 years’ imprisonment (if a basic offence) 20 years’ imprisonment (if an aggravated offence) Whether the offence is aggravated depends on whether offence occurred under certain aggravating circumstances. These are listed in s 5AA in Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA).
