Child abuse more organised
January 17, 2011
Barnados has today stated that children as young as ten are being sexually exploited by organised gangs of men in cities across the UK. Anne Marie Carrie, the charity's chief executive, has called upon the government to appoint a specific minister to have responsibility for the issue. She says that sexual grooming is becoming more organised with the use of mobile phones and the internet and without a minister who has overall responsibility the issue is going to get worse. It will be interesting to see how the coalition government responds to this plea in the wake of so many cuts.