For many years, gangs groomed vulnerable girls in towns like Rotherham, Rochdale and Telford with seeming impunity. Then, belatedly, society woke up to the horrific crime of child sexual exploitation (CSE). Now child protection experts say the UK needs another rapid leap forward in relation to child criminal exploitation (CCE).
CCE comes in different forms and includes “county lines” – when gangs and organised crime networks use children to sell drugs. Young people are made to transport drugs from one area to another, often across police and local authority boundaries. The “county line” is the mobile phone line used to take orders.
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