• Friday, April 26, 2024

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POLICE CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST GANGS SEXUALLY EXPLOITING YOUNG PEOPLE

A total of 27 men have been convicted following investigation into child sexual exploitation in Huddersfield

By: Lauren Codling

By Lauren Codling YOUNG people, including those from ethnic minority backgrounds, are still being sexually exploited by gangs, a senior investigating officer at Northumbria Police has confirmed. Detective superintendent Steve Barron, of Northumbria Police’s Safeguarding Department and Operation Sanctuary’s senior investigating officer, told Eastern Eye last Thursday (28) that officers are investigating abuse of vulnerable young people. Detective superintendent Steve Barron “Operation Sanctuary looks the same today as it did yesterday and it’ll look the same tomorrow,” Barron said. “I know there is still a job to do by Northumbria Police and our partners.” Barron, who has been working with…

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