48 Hours

Web of Seduction

May 21, 2026·41 min·5-min readnarrativetrue crime
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A 14-year-old American girl, Lindsay Lavoie, is lured from her home in Florida to Greece by a manipulative online predator, Franz Konstantin Bering, in a harrowing case of cyber grooming, international trafficking, and psychological control that exposes the terrifying ease with which pred

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Lindsay LavoieStephanie LavoieFranz Konstantin BeringGary KlingerMartina CavarioRobert ArnderDawn ArnderTodd BeemanYorgos Kokkinis

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Criminal JusticeCybersecurityInternet Of ThingsInvestigative JournalismMissing PersonsParentingTrue Crime

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