Online child abuse investigation leads to hundreds of arrest
British police have made more than 680 arrests in the past nine months for allegedly downloading child abuse images.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) says the investigation and arrest of the people involved in nasty work saved hundreds of other children who could be the future victims.
Teachers, medical staff and law enforcement officials are among the potential offenders arrested, figures have revealed. Dozens of police were involved in the country-wide operation to nab the online child abusers, the NCA said.
According to one senior police officer, the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID) is a potential "game changer".
"There's a commitment from the police service to do more… more undercover officers targeting those people using chat rooms to groom children, more effort targeting people viewing indecent images of children online," Simon Bailey, Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary and the lead on Child Protection for the National Police Chiefs' Council, said.
‘Rotherham sexual abuse ring’
Sheffield crown court on Thursday began the trial of a grooming ring in Rotherham accused of sexual offences against teenagers.
Five men and two women targeted, sexualized and subjected teenage girls to degrading acts including prostitution and forced sex. They are facing 51 counts of alleged historical sex crimes dating back to 1980s and 1990s.
In an 18-page indictment, the jury learned that the first alleged offence took place in 1987, with the remainder taking place between 1990 and 2003. “Some had unsettled home lives, had suffered previous ill treatment or abuse and some were in local authority care when they were befriended by and subsequently groomed by the defendants,” a prosecutor said.
The trial is the first to take place since the Jay report into child exploitation in the Rotherham area was published last year.
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