UK children trafficked by paedophiles

Vulnerable children as young as ten are being sexually exploited by groups of organised paedophiles, according to a new charity report. [17 November 2009]

Barnardo's 'Whose Child Now?' report is warning of a problem in which children, some of whom have run away from home, are preyed upon on the streets. The paedophiles befriend the children and offer them food before persuading them to have sex. The children are then trafficked between different towns and cities in the UK where other paedophiles sexually abuse them.

Thousands of children at risk

Barnardo's worked with more than 1,000 children who had been sexually exploited, in 20 of the 209 local authorities in London, and they are concerned that many more children could be at risk.

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