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Last update: Wednesday 25th March
 
A new report released this week by the charities ECPAT UK and Missing People revealed that high numbers of trafficked children are still going missing from local authority care.
CrimeCARE Impact Direct - 18th November 2016
 
A third of UK police forces use hoods to prevent arrested people spitting or biting, the BBC has learned. The mesh fabric spit hoods are used by 17 of the UK's 49 police forces, a Freedom of Information request found. Since 2011 they have been used at least 2,486 times - in 635 cases on people with suspected mental health issues.
CrimeBBC News - 12th November 2016
 
A report published this week has revealed that organised crime and exploitation are rife in the off-street sex market but is not given high priority by local police forces. 77 per cent of the brothels studied in the city of Bristol showed links to organised crime and there were multiple signs of exploitation throughout the sector.
CrimeCARE Impact Direct - 30th September 2016
 
A senior police officer recently revealed the cost of investigating child sex offences is now an astonishing £1bn a year. This figure could treble by 2020. In just three years, the number of allegations has shot up by 80 per cent and in 2015, there were 70,000 investigations. A report by the teachers’ union NASUWT has suggested that over half of teachers know of pupils who have used social media to share sexual messages, pictures or videos. A quarter of teachers questioned knew of pupils involved in sexting who were who were just eleven years old, with the youngest child reported being just seven. The majority of pupils involved in such incidents were aged 13 to 16.
CrimeYouthwork - May 2016
 
Figures have shown around one-in-10 people fall victim to financial scams, losing hundreds, sometimes thousands and even hundreds of thousands of pounds. It is estimated the total annual loss by UK consumers through phone and post scams is £5 billion, but in addition to the financial cost, these scams also cause victims emotional trauma and loss of confidence.
CrimeThe Sentinel – July 11th 2016
 
More than 300 shops have stopped selling so-called legal highs after the Government’s recent ban, according to new figures from the Home Office.
CrimeThe Christian Institute - 2nd September 2016
 
Research for the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee indicates aggressively sexualised behaviour among pupils is far from uncommon. Indeed, recent figures revealed there were 5,500 sexual offences recorded in UK schools between 2011 and 2014, including almost 4,000 alleged physical sexual assaults and more than 600 rapes.
CrimeThe Sentinel - 20th April 2016
 
Over a million days – or 2,890 years – of additional imprisonment have been imposed on prisoners found to have broken prison rules in the past six years, Ministry of Justice figures have confirmed.
CrimeEkklesia Daily Bulletin - 2nd June 2016
 
Two-thirds of large British businesses have experienced a cyber attack or breach in the last 12 months, research has revealed.
CrimeThe Sentinel - 9th May 2016
 
A new report from the European Commission has warned that there is strong evidence of criminal networks taking advantage of the current refugee crisis in Europe to target and exploit the most vulnerable people – especially women and children. According to the report there has been a particular increase in the number of Nigerian women and girls travelling via Libya, of whom 80% have been identified as likely to be victims of trafficking. Rates of child trafficking are also increasing.
CrimeCARE Impact Direct - 20th May 2016
 
Prisons in England and Wales are becoming increasingly violent and dangerous, with deaths, assaults and incidents of self-injury continuing to rise, figures seen by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal.
CrimeEkklesia Daily Bulletin - 4th May 2016
 
The police chief for the government’s anti-radicalisation programme, Prevent, has warned that plans to tackle ‘extremism’ may lead to creating ‘thought police’, following the unveiling of the counter-extremism bill last week. Simon Cole believes the lack of clarity surrounding the measures could lead to police effectively judging “what people can and cannot say”, which he "absolutely does not want".
CrimeChristian Concern - 27th May 2016
 
Laser pointers should be classed as ‘offensive weapons’, says the British Airline Pilots Association. The call comes after a phone turned back to Heathrow Airport after a laser beam hit the cockpit.
CrimeThe Sentinel - February 16th 2016
 
A staff member at top-security prison Whitemoor has spoken about the growing problem of harassment and even forced conversion by hard-line Muslim inmates. This follows reports from last November, that in some prisons, Muslim inmates are forcing prisoners to convert to Islam, or pay a 'protection' tax.
CrimeChristian Concern - 20th February 2016
 
One of Scotland’s first 'named persons' has been struck off the teaching register for sharing fantasies about sexually abusing children. Teacher Dayna Dickson-Boath was appointed 14 months ago as a 'state guardian' for 200 pupils, as part of the Scottish government's widely criticised 'named person' scheme. Ms Dickson-Boath was convicted of the offence last August and struck off last week. She may be banned from working with children for life.
CrimeChristian Concern - 6th February 2016
 
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