Grooming report leads calls for action on child sexual exploitation
A independent report into child sexual exploitation has revealed more than 3,000 children have gone missing in Greater Manchester in the last year.
- Matt O'Donoghue - Correspondent
Critics blast report for 'ignoring' ethnicity of offenders
The Coffey Report says young people are still "being preyed upon" across Greater Manchester.
But, despite the report being commissioned in the wake of the Rochdale scandal, critics say there is scant mention of on-street grooming by gangs of Asian men.
The report makes recommendations for training, education and the role parents and the community should play in future.
However, many are asking what is being done for those who have already been let down by a system that was supposed to care.
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Whistleblower: Police 'cherry-picked' Rochdale arrests
A whistleblower has told ITV News the police were "cherry-picking" which of the Rochdale abuse perpetrators they were going to arrest.
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Child sexual exploitation is the 'social norm'
A critical report into child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester claims it's become a 'social norm' in some areas.
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Victims of child sexual exploitation speak out in report
Victims of child sexual exploitation tell of the traumatic experience of going through the justice system