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Understand grooming practices,
including how perpetrators manipulate and exploit victims,
and learn about strategies for prevention and protection.
Grooming Gangs: A Systemic Betrayal
For decades, grooming gangs have systematically exploited vulnerable children across Britain, subjecting them to horrific abuse. Many victims were first manipulated by so-called loverboys—men who feigned affection to lure them into a cycle of control, coercion, and exploitation. Others were trafficked from countries like Romania, brought to the UK only to be trapped in abuse.
The scale of this crisis is not just a failure of individual perpetrators but of entire institutions. Police forces, social services, and local authorities repeatedly ignored warnings, dismissed victims, and in some cases, actively covered up the extent of the abuse. Fear of controversy, political sensitivities, and systemic negligence allowed grooming gangs to operate with impunity for years.
This page brings together key investigations, survivor testimonies, and expert analysis to expose the full scale of this betrayal—and the ongoing fight for justice.
Grooming Bendes: Een Systematisch Verraad
Al tientallen jaren worden kwetsbare kinderen in Groot-Brittannië systematisch uitgebuit door grooming bendes, die hen onderwerpen aan gruwelijk misbruik. Veel slachtoffers werden eerst gemanipuleerd door zogeheten loverboys—mannen die hen met schijnliefde in een cyclus van controle, dwang en uitbuiting lokten. Anderen werden uit landen als Roemenië naar het VK gebracht, alleen om daar in een web van misbruik vast te komen zitten.
De omvang van deze crisis is niet alleen een falen van individuele daders, maar van volledige instellingen. Politie, sociale diensten en lokale autoriteiten negeerden waarschuwingen, wezen slachtoffers af en hebben in sommige gevallen zelfs actief geprobeerd de ernst van het misbruik te verdoezelen. Angst voor controverse, politieke gevoeligheden en systematische nalatigheid lieten grooming bendes jarenlang ongestoord opereren.
Deze pagina verzamelt belangrijke onderzoeken, getuigenissen van overlevenden en analyses van experts om de volledige omvang van dit verraad bloot te leggen—en de voortdurende strijd voor gerechtigheid.
The UNCENSORED Truth About Grooming Gangs – Charlie Peters
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Charlie Peters is a National Reporter for GBNews and part of the broadcaster’s investigative wing. He has long been investigating the Grooming Gangs scandal, whilst also providing on the ground coverage from towns and cities across the country.
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GBNews Documentary – • Grooming Gangs: Britain’s Shame – The…
“The WORST Sex Crimes In Britain in the 21st Century!” EXCLUSIVE: The Cover-Up That Changed Britain
In première gegaan op 14 dec 2024 The Winston Marshall Show
The huge scale of the ongoing grooming gangs scandal in Britain continues to be revealed.
I sat down with journalists Charlie Peters and Guy Dampier at the Battle Of Ideas in London to discuss the issue. The two made the film ‘Grooming Gangs: Britain’s Shame’ ( • Grooming Gangs: Britain’s Shame – The… ) and Peters has emerged as one of the leading journalist on the issue in Britain.
Often Peters has found himself the only journalist present to report on court prosecutions of the perpetrators.
We discuss their experiences reporting on the scandal, the untold story of the grooming gangs and the failure of the media, police, politicians and country.
We take a closer look at recent events and unknown stories within the scandal.
Taking questions from a live audience we also discuss Tommy Robinson’s role, the Knowsley riots, and failure of children’s charities.
All this and much more…
Educational: This video is essential viewing
Educational: This video is essential viewing
1 UK children abused by grooming gangs
Grooming
The criminal activity of becoming friends with a child in order to try to persuade the child to have a sexual relationship
Cambridge Dictonary
2 Grooming Gangs: Britain’s Shame – The full documentary
17 aug. 2020
Educational: This video is essential viewing
3 Invisible: A Fight to End Human Trafficking Documentary
30 jul. 2020
4 Teens for Sale – Sex Trafficking in Suburban America
5 okt. 2018
‘I Was Raped Over 1,000 Times’ | Grooming Gang Victim Shares Harrowing Story From Age 14 In Telford
Rotherham grooming gang victim’s father REVEALS he was ARRESTED when trying to save his daughter
Grooming gang jailed
Police and council failed child victims of Manchester grooming gangs, says report
14 jan 2020
The report initiated by Manchester city’s Mayor reveals that police knew that predominantly Asian grooming gangs were operating in the city, but they were told to find other ethnicities to investigate.
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The scandal dates back to 2003 and police identified nearly 100 suspects and there were dozens of victims but the operation was closed down prematurely as resources were moved elsewhere.
Tonight, after similar grooming scandals in at least half a dozen major town and citys across the country, how safe are Britain’s most vulnerable children?
5 Unchained: The Scourge of Human Trafficking – Narrated by David Strathairn – Full Episode
20 mrt. 2020
Millions of human trafficking victims are hidden in plain sight. Traffickers coerce their victims into forced labor and prostitution. Great Decisions shares the untold stories of trafficking survivors.
Executive Producer: MacDara King
Narrator: David Strathairn
Producer/Supervising Editor: David Heidelberger
Writer/Producer: Andrew Court
Editor: JoiAshanti Watkis
IMPORTANT CONTENT
10 mrt. 2020
7 Five men jailed for life in Oxford grooming case
27 jun. 2013
21 Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise
18 Exploiting the poor – sex slavery in Europe | DW Documentary
9 mrt. 2021
And for the most part, the criminals go undetected – because sex work is a perfectly legal job in Germany, provided it’s consensual. But estimates suggest that up to 90 percent of the women are forced into the sex trade. Human beings are a lucrative commodity for organized crime. Compared to drugs or weapons, they cost very little. And they can be sold not just once, but repeatedly, every day. Young women seeking to escape poverty in their home countries end up in German brothels. Most of them come from Romania or Bulgaria. Unscrupulous human traffickers lure them with the promise of a well-paid job only to force them into sex slavery. Some of them sell their services for the price of a pack of cigarettes. This sexual exploitation is facilitated by a law that legalizes sex work in Germany, defining it as a service provided voluntarily. It’s not clear just how many women are coerced into the trade. Sascha, for example, was forced to serve 20 to 30 clients a day, until she managed to escape with the help of “Amalie”, an advisory and support service for women in the industry, based in the German city of Mannheim. “Amalie” provided her with accommodation and a job so that she was able to build a new life for herself.
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IMPORTANT CONTENT
SHOCKING
10 Bought and Sold: Trafficking in America | Kaylen Runyan | TEDxACU
8 jun. 2018.
13 In de greep van een loverboy
12 nov. 2018
12 Sameena (28) was slachtoffer van loverboy
6 mei 2020
19 Mia Khalifa: Why I’m speaking out about the porn industry – BBC News
7 sep. 2019
20 The children groomed in Romania for the UK sex trade- BBC News
24 jan. 2022
22 Blind Man Dumps Spaghetti On Baby Prank
25 mei 2011