Police, social services and charities are failing to properly investigate the ‘hidden issue’ of child sex grooming, a damning report has warned.

By Andrew Hough

More than 2,000 young victims have been identified since Jabnuary 2008 – but they are likley to be just a small proportion of those affected, the report by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) is expected to say.

Among the findings of Ceop’s five-month inquiry is that 20 per cent of the perpetrators of grooming identified were of Asian origin.

But the problem cannot be pinned on a particular ethnic group, the report is expected to say.

Children who go missing or run away were found to be particularly vulnerable to grooming, it will also say.

Source: TELEGRAPH