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The first batch of grooming gang cases, among a national review of previously closed files, has been referred back to police forces where lines of inquiry may have been missed.

https://news.sky.com/story/first-bat...igate-13554588

Among the key recommendations to tackle group-based child sexual exploitation are:

• Better support for victims of grooming gangs, their parents, and child witnesses providing evidence;

• Families placed at the centre of safeguarding; tougher sentences for perpetrators (and their deportation if they are a foreign national);

• Dedicated national units for prosecuting cases and repatriating victims who are trafficked abroad;

• A national compensation scheme for survivors;

• Legal reforms to improve child protection, restrict the activities of offenders and prohibit sharia marriages;

• Criminal penalties for officials, in certain circumstances, who fail to act against suspects.