These so-called "grooming gangs" operated separately in multiple towns and cities for a number of years before their activities came to full public attention in the early 2010s.

The hot-weather has meant more people are trying to reach the UK in small boats organised by smuggling gangs. And they are ...

Putting victims over politics. The lack of accurate data has allowed politicians and the far right to take control of the narrative, without strong evidence to back up their claims. Elon Musk’s ...

He said: "These are quite clever, organised gangs, they typically sit down and negotiate and work their way through it. It’s in no one’s interests to get involved in outright gang warfare." Oliver ...

Women were trafficked to the UK from Romania and lived with their "controllers" at rented properties. ... Ionica Badica and Cristian Damaschin were all jailed for their roles in the gang.