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Sun, January 19, 2025

Grooming gang investigator 'fed up' of political rows


Published on 2025-01-19 14:20:47 - MSN
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  • The issue of grooming gangs has again been in the national headlines in recent weeks, but Mr Edwards said the "politics" surrounding the issue took the focus off simply "stopping

The article discusses the frustration of a former police officer, Maggie Oliver, who has been involved in exposing grooming gangs in the UK. Oliver, who resigned from Greater Manchester Police in 2012 after whistleblowing on the mishandling of child sexual exploitation cases, expresses her exasperation with the political debates surrounding these crimes. She criticizes the focus on the ethnicity of the perpetrators, which she feels distracts from the core issue of child protection. Oliver points out that grooming gangs can be of any ethnicity, and the real problem is the systemic failure to protect vulnerable children. She calls for a unified approach to tackle child sexual exploitation, emphasizing that the focus should be on the victims and ensuring justice, rather than engaging in political point-scoring. Her comments come in the wake of ongoing discussions about how political correctness and fear of being labeled racist have potentially hindered investigations into grooming gangs.

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