Scots police smash two ‘large’ paedophile rings
Scots police smash two ‘large’ paedophile rings
SCOTTISH police have smashed two “large scale” child sex networks involving a “significant proportion” of ethnic minority offenders.
Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham revealed the crackdown on child sex networks in Scotland
Further details
cannot be disclosed for legal reasons as the cases are still to come to
court, however the investigations contain chilling echoes of high-
profile prosecutions south of the Border.
In
another, utterly appalling example of child abuse, two 13-year-old Scots
girls were groomed and raped by a network of “numerous” paedophiles
across Britain.
This operation resulted in 37
arrests and the identification of 108 further potential victims and
perpetrators. Again, all of those involved are still awaiting trial.
The
details of the crackdown were revealed by Assistant Chief Constable
Malcolm Graham to a Holyrood inquiry into the scale of child abuse.
Concern is growing that the problem has been grossly underestimated for
years, with police and prosecutors failing to take victims seriously.
There are groups of foreign nationals involved in this and maybe respect for women isn’t seen as being a high priority in their country of origin
Senior officers
also fear the involvement of ethnic minority offenders in child sexual
exploitation (CSE) will lead to “significant community tension”.
Mr
Graham said: “In two large scale CSE investigations in Scotland a
significant proportion of the identified perpetrators were from ethnic
minority communities. It is not possible to draw conclusions from this
relatively small dataset and more accurate data and wider research is
required.
“It is acknowledged extremist groups
have attempted to associate CSE with wider immigration issues and this
has the potential for significant unrest.”
However,
a police source added: “There are groups of foreign nationals involved
in this and maybe respect for women isn’t seen as being a high priority
in their country of origin.”
The two Scottish
probes follow similar operations in England, which saw members child
grooming rings jailed. In particular, cases in Rochdale, Oxford and
Telford where Asian and North African men preyed on vulnerable white
girls sparked widespread outrage.
Mr Graham,
formerly the top murder detective in Edinburgh, said the force was
determined to “tackle this emerging threat to Scotland”.
Extra
training on how to investigate child abuse has been provided, as well
as a seminar where a victim gave an emotional speech to 200 officers.
In
addition, a National Vulnerable Persons Database will be rolled out
from July to record every child under threat and suspicious adult in
Scotland in one place.
Mr Graham also had a chilling message for parents about the “darker side of social media and the internet”.
He
said there has been a “significant rise” in young people posting
indecent photos of themselves online, known as “selfies” – which often
fall into the hands of paedophiles.
The biggest
success of the internet crackdown was a “recent operation concerning two
13 year old girls who were groomed, exploited and sexually abused by
numerous individuals across the UK. “This operation resulted in 37
arrests across the country.”
The difficulty in
establishing the scale of child abuse in Scotland is partly down to the
variety of different charges which offenders can face.
The
Crown Office has revealed that 350 perverts have been convicted of rape
or serious sexual assault of a child under the Sexual Offences
(Scotland) Act 2009 since it came into force in December 2010.
A further 239 people have been cleared while 116 have been reported to the procurator fiscal but faced no further action.
Last
month, the Sunday Express exposed the nationwide scandal of ‘party
flats’ where young girls are groomed and then raped by older men.
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