An investigation into suspected serious sexual offences against a number of children and young people has found that 370 girls were abused by gangs over a 15 year period.
Officers from Thames Valley Police are constantly looking for signs of criminal gangs, grooming young girls for sex. They target places where teenagers congregate. Kate Bunkall reports on the ongoing Operation Bullfinch.
A serious case review into the exploitation of young people in Oxford has documented a catalogue of failures by police and social services.
Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children's Board has apologised over the time it took to investigate child exploitation in the county.
New criminal sanctions for those who fail to protect children from sexual exploitation are at the heart of new measures to be introduced.