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UK. The real story behind the thousands of British children groomed by drug gangs: 'Everyone missed the warning signs'

UK. The real story behind the thousands of British children groomed by drug gangs: 'Everyone missed the warning signs'

(...) According to Home Office figures, 140,000 young people go missing in Britain every year. They disappear for a multitude of reasons: family conflict, addiction, financial breakdown, mental health issues. But in recent years, Missing People, one of the charities backed by the Telegraph in this year’s Christmas Appeal, has picked up on a previously under-reported group who go missing: children being groomed to traffic drugs. (Telegraph, UK, 02.12.2017)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas/2017/12/02/real-story-behind-thousands-british-children-groomed-drug-gangs/