Researchers uncovered evidence that gangs are setting missing children up in flats for weeks at a time to sell drugs in provincial areas.
There was also evidence that young people in children’s homes, pupil referral units and schools, who do not have a criminal record, are targeted by gangs to set up so-called “county lines” because they are less likely to attract police attention.
The study – conducted by charities Catch 22 and Missing People – found that children are left in unsafe environments and, in some cases, have their phones taken away from them so they are completely isolated.
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