Child abuse

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The huge scale of child sex abuse; the hopeless weakness of state agencies in dealing with it; the growth of child prostitution on the streets of UK cities; and the inside story of paedophile networks operating across Europe. Three Story Files and four individual articles.

Child abuse case histories

Child abuse case histories - General
The staggering scale on which children are victims of sexual abuse, and the role of criminal networks in organising some of it. Eleven individual stories and four Story Files.

UK childrens homes
Real scandals and tabloid fiction in the painful history of abuse in children's homes.

Daniel Handley
The murder of a ten-year-old boy reveals a chronic failure by UK police to deal with child sex abuse and the pathetic story of the making of a paedophile.

Amsterdam and Belgium
Exposing a network of ruthless paedophiles trading in boys across northern Europe.

The Bristol Ring
A case history in the obstruction of justice - with young boys as the victims of violent abuse and the police service itself as the source of the obstruction.