敲诈勒索罪 ,是指以非法占有为目的 ,以对被害人实施威胁或者要挟的方法 ,强索公私财物 ,数额较大的行为。近年来 ,以匿名信件、电话、手机短信等形式 ,以爆炸、投毒、揭隐私等方式进行敲诈勒索的案件已成为广东省社会治安的突出问题。据统计 ,2 0 0 0年广东省共立各类敲诈勒索 Extortion, refers to the illegal possession for the purpose of the threat or threatening the victim, threatening the public and private property, a large amount of behavior. In recent years, cases of extortion by means of explosions, poisoning, exposing privacy, etc. in the form of anonymous letters, telephone calls, text messages, etc. have become prominent issues in the social order in Guangdong Province. According to statistics, all kinds of extortion in Guangdong Province were established in 2000