A review and response were recently given by the UK's Home Office in regards of the past and current grooming-gang
activity in parts of Great Britain where predominantly young white -and in some cases, Sikh girls were abused and
trafficked for sexual exploitation.
Initially, the UK Government decided not to release its findings into the five-year investigation of what had been happening
for over two decades due to -what they said were:"Not in the public's interest". So a petition was started.
'The Government is refusing to release official research on the characteristics of grooming gangs,
claiming it is not in the “public interest”.
We, the British public, demand the release of the official research on grooming gangs undertaken
by the Government in full.'
(122,548 signatures)
Here is the response. (Link To Below)
So the Home Office's response is just another flat, non-specific answer to a growing concern in certain areas of the UK where Pakistani
communities contain the men who are responsible for this crime.
(Wikipedia) Rotherham.
"....In August 2014 the Jay report concluded that an estimated 1,400 children, most of them white British girls, had been sexually abused
in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013 by predominantly British-Pakistani men (Kurdish and Kosovar men were also involved).
British Asian girls in Rotherham also suffered abuse, but a fear of shame and dishonour made them reluctant to report the abuse to authorities.
A "common thread" was that taxi drivers had been picking the children up for sex from care homes and schools.
The abuse included gang rape, forcing children to watch rape, dousing them with petrol and threatening to set them on fire, threatening to rape
their mothers and younger sisters, and trafficking them to other towns.
There were pregnancies—one at age 12—terminations, miscarriages, babies raised by their mothers, and babies removed, causing further
trauma..."
Rochdale.
"...Victims were physically assaulted and raped by as many as five men at a time, or obliged to have sex with "several men in a day,
several times a week".
The victims, plied with drugs and alcohol, were passed around friends and family, and taken to various locations in the north of England,
including Rochdale, Oldham, Nelson, Bradford and Leeds.
The abusers paid small sums of money for the encounters. One 13-year-old victim recounted that, after being forced to have sex in
exchange for vodka, her abuser immediately raped her again and gave her £40 to not say anything about the incident.
Among the incidents recorded by the police were a 15-year-old victim too drunk to recall being raped by 20 men, one after the other;
and another victim so drunk that she vomited over the side of the bed as she was being raped by two men.
One thirteen-year-old victim had an abortion after becoming pregnant..."
There's a pattern that the Home Office doesn't waant to confront and yet, the British public do. I'd suggest the Home Office's mantra of:
'The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure.
The Home Office has been at the front line of this endeavour since 1782..."
should be realised quickly before that same public take matters into their own hands.
activity in parts of Great Britain where predominantly young white -and in some cases, Sikh girls were abused and
trafficked for sexual exploitation.
Initially, the UK Government decided not to release its findings into the five-year investigation of what had been happening
for over two decades due to -what they said were:"Not in the public's interest". So a petition was started.
'The Government is refusing to release official research on the characteristics of grooming gangs,
claiming it is not in the “public interest”.
We, the British public, demand the release of the official research on grooming gangs undertaken
by the Government in full.'
(122,548 signatures)
Here is the response. (Link To Below)
Quote:Government responded
'Tackling child sexual abuse is this Government’s priority. Any insights gained from our internal work will inform our future
action to end this devastating abuse, including the forthcoming Strategy.
Child sexual abuse is a truly horrendous crime that shatters the lives of victims and their families. This Government has
made it our mission to protect the most vulnerable in our society, and we will continue to work tirelessly at every level to
protect children, support victims and stamp out offending.
Our approach is simple: we will do everything in our power to help those at risk and to leave offenders with no place to hide.
First, we have improved support for those who have suffered this appalling crime. We have increased funding for specialist
local services for victims of sexual violence from £8 million to £12 million a year. Those affected have our unequivocal support,
so we have also doubled our Support for Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse fund to £1.2 million, to help charities do
more to help people across the country.
Second, the vile offenders preying on our children must face justice
The Home Office continues to support and drive improvements in the police response to child sexual abuse. We have prioritised
this horrific crime as a national threat to ensure offenders face the full force of the law and provided significant Police Transformation
Fund investment to improve the police response.
Group offending must be eradicated, and we continue to provide Special Grant funding to forces carrying out major child sexual
exploitation investigations.
Last September, we announced an additional £30 million to strengthen our mission to take down the worst offenders and safeguard
and support victims. We continue to look for ways to do more and are developing a cross-government Child Sexual Abuse Strategy
to ensure the whole system works for victims.
The Strategy will set out how we will work across all sectors - including government, law enforcement, safeguarding and industry
- to stop offenders in their tracks, and to help victims and survivors rebuild their lives.
Group-based child sexual exploitation is a particularly repugnant form of abuse that has a devasting impact on villages, towns and
communities, particularly where it has gone on for years. These unthinkable crimes tear neighbourhoods apart and leave lasting scars
that go beyond the direct victims.
Extremists may also seek to exploit legitimate concerns to sow further division. The Government will continue to challenge these views
and to help communities unite.
Child sexual abusers come from all walks of life, and from many different age groups, communities, ethnicities and faiths.
Abuse is abuse, and misplaced sensitivities must never be allowed to put any child at risk. We are clear that police forces must continue
to fully investigate these heinous crimes whenever and wherever they occur, and to ensure that anyone found responsible is prosecuted.
To help end this terrible form of abuse, the Home Office has been investigating the characteristics of group-based child sexual exploitation.
It is right, proper and routine for the Government to carry out internal fact-finding work as part of policy development, as we do across a
range of crime threats.
Any insights gained from this important internal work will be used to inform our future action to end this devastating abuse, including
the forthcoming Strategy.
Our research will help us better understand offending, to help prevent these vile crimes. Key findings will inform our own work, action
at a local level, and law enforcement action to catch those responsible for this horrific abuse.
As part of our work, we have completed a review of existing literature. We have spoken to investigators and safeguarding professionals
to better explore the challenges in investigating these crimes and their understanding of the offenders and victims of group-based child
sexual exploitation.
The Government appreciates public interest in this matter and shares the nation’s outrage and determination to end this atrocious form
of abuse. Mistakes have undoubtedly been made in the past and must never be allowed to happen again.
We will continue to work relentlessly to understand and end all forms of child sexual abuse.
The most vulnerable in our society deserve our protection and we will work tirelessly to keep them safe and to bring their tormentors to
justice.
Home Office.
So the Home Office's response is just another flat, non-specific answer to a growing concern in certain areas of the UK where Pakistani
communities contain the men who are responsible for this crime.
(Wikipedia) Rotherham.
"....In August 2014 the Jay report concluded that an estimated 1,400 children, most of them white British girls, had been sexually abused
in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013 by predominantly British-Pakistani men (Kurdish and Kosovar men were also involved).
British Asian girls in Rotherham also suffered abuse, but a fear of shame and dishonour made them reluctant to report the abuse to authorities.
A "common thread" was that taxi drivers had been picking the children up for sex from care homes and schools.
The abuse included gang rape, forcing children to watch rape, dousing them with petrol and threatening to set them on fire, threatening to rape
their mothers and younger sisters, and trafficking them to other towns.
There were pregnancies—one at age 12—terminations, miscarriages, babies raised by their mothers, and babies removed, causing further
trauma..."
Rochdale.
"...Victims were physically assaulted and raped by as many as five men at a time, or obliged to have sex with "several men in a day,
several times a week".
The victims, plied with drugs and alcohol, were passed around friends and family, and taken to various locations in the north of England,
including Rochdale, Oldham, Nelson, Bradford and Leeds.
The abusers paid small sums of money for the encounters. One 13-year-old victim recounted that, after being forced to have sex in
exchange for vodka, her abuser immediately raped her again and gave her £40 to not say anything about the incident.
Among the incidents recorded by the police were a 15-year-old victim too drunk to recall being raped by 20 men, one after the other;
and another victim so drunk that she vomited over the side of the bed as she was being raped by two men.
One thirteen-year-old victim had an abortion after becoming pregnant..."
There's a pattern that the Home Office doesn't waant to confront and yet, the British public do. I'd suggest the Home Office's mantra of:
'The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure.
The Home Office has been at the front line of this endeavour since 1782..."
should be realised quickly before that same public take matters into their own hands.
Edith Head Gives Good Wardrobe.