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Crackdown on sexual explotation in Blackburn helps 385 young women

11:00am Thursday 11th March 2010

SOME 385 young women have been offered protection as part of a crackdown on sexual expoitation in Blackburn less than two years, it has been revealed.

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Rossendale abuse victim's mum: 'She thought these men cared for her'

4:21pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010

A ROSSENDALE mother discovered her daughter had become a victim of sexual exploitation - and revealed she too had been through the same ordeal herself as a child.

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Blackburn and Darwen schools join child sex exploitation fight

10:40am Friday 27th November 2009

SCHOOLCHILDREN as young as 10 will be taught about safe relationships in a bid to reduce sexual exploitation.

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Police uncover Lancashire 'paedophile parties'

9:10am Tuesday 24th November 2009

A MAJOR investigation into girls being groomed for sex by older men has uncovered disturbing ‘paedophile parties’ in Lancashire.

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Lancashire Police ‘Engage’ project runner-up in awards

10:43am Friday 9th October 2009

AN INNOVATIVE project tackling sexual exploitation of children in East Lancashire has been named as runner-up at a national awards ceremony.

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We’re winning fight against perverts, say Blackburn with Darwen team

9:00am Tuesday 14th July 2009

A GROUNDBREAKING project set up to tackle sexual exploitation of children in Blackburn with Darwen has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people being prosecuted.

Campaign helps 180 East Lancashire sex victims

8:30pm Sunday 15th March 2009

A CRACKDOWN on the sexual exploitation of children is celebrating a ‘momentous’ first year after helping 180 potential victims.

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Crackdown on sexual grooming is widened across Lancashire

3:20pm Wednesday 11th February 2009

THE success of Operation Engage, a crackdown on sexual grooming of young girls in East Lancashire, has led to the scheme being rolled out elsewhere in the county.

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Accrington sex predator admits raping girl, 12

8:50am Saturday 29th November 2008

A ‘DANGEROUS sexual predator’ has admitted raping a 12-year-old girl he met outside a Blackburn cinema at midnight.

Blackburn men jailed for sex offences with girls, 14

8:10am Friday 21st November 2008

TWO men have been jailed for a total of five years and three months for sexual activity with 14-year-old girls.

One referral a day to Blackburn with Darwen child sex grooming team

7:40am Saturday 11th October 2008

ALMOST one girl a day is being referred to a special team set up to tackle sexual exploitation of young people, it has been revealed.

New team helps Lancashire sexual grooming victims and warns predators

11:38am Thursday 3rd July 2008

FOLLOWING a Lancashire Telegraph investigation into the grooming of girls for sex by gangs of men, the police, council and other agencies set up a special operation to combat the crime. We spoke to one of the victims helped by staff from Engage. Here, the 14-year-old tells how the team rescued her from a life of hell.

Four new workers for child sex crackdown

8:35am Tuesday 1st April 2008

FOUR new workers are set to join Engage, the team set up to tackle child sexual exploitation in Blackburn.

Grooming: Police ‘are tackling it’

2:19pm Thursday 27th March 2008

POLICE have been accused of not doing enough to tackle Asian men who groom white teenagers into prostitution for fear of being branded racist.

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Panorama show on teen prostitutes in East Lancs

11:09am Wednesday 26th March 2008

A TELEVISION documentary is to chart the problem of teenage prostitution in East Lancashire.

Action to tackle sexual predators

6:23pm Wednesday 12th March 2008

ALMOST 400 young girls and boys have been reported missing in Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley in the past six months.

Victim’s mum praises Lancashire Telegraph campaign

6:41pm Tuesday 11th March 2008

A MOTHER who was one of the first to speak out about sexual grooming has backed the new drive.

New DVD highlights dangers of 'grooming' to teens

6:34pm Tuesday 11th March 2008

A DVD is being launched to educate youngsters about sexual exploitation.

We are working to tackle sex grooming - expert

11:13pm Thursday 13th December 2007

ONE of the UK's leading experts in preventing human and internal trafficking has thrown his weight behind a national inquiry to take action against sex predators.

Sex grooming expert hails our campaign

1:54pm Friday 7th December 2007

THE UK's leading expert in preventing young girls being groomed for sex has hailed the Lancashire Telegraph's Keep Them Safe Campaign.

Major victory for Lancashire Telegraph campaign

9:54pm Wednesday 5th December 2007

THE Lancashire Telegraph has won a major victory in its campaign to stop children being groomed for sex after a national investigation into the problem was launched.