THEY CALLED THEM GROOMING GANGS. THEY WERE WRONG.
For forty years, the state prosecuted groups of men. The evidence points to something larger that kept surviving every trial.
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ITALY HAD THE MAFIA. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAVE THE BIRADERI.
Britain called them grooming gangs. The evidence points to something larger, older and far more powerful.
THE INQUIRY HAS THE POWERS. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER IT DARES USE THEM.
The powers are statutory. The language is passive. We know what comes next. Unless…
PART 3: THE WARNINGS
‘Asians pick me up. They get me drunk, they give me drugs and have sex with me. I want to move’
PART 2: THE MEN
They Were Never Hiding. They Did Not Need To. The State Hid Them Instead.
PART 1: THE RAPES
They Call It Grooming. This Is What The Word Was Built To Hide.
THEY RAPED THE GIRLS. THE COMMUNITY PROTECTED THE MEN.
Two convicted child rapists fled to Pakistan before their trial ever began. Ten suspected helpers were arrested and nobody was charged. Now the national inquiry must investigate why.
Andy Burnham, Operation Hexagon, And The Grooming Gang Cover Up
The Mayor That Oversaw The Grooming Gang Cover Up In Oldham Is Now Prime Minister
In Bradford, Nobody Ever Counted the Children.
Bradford counted reports, arrests, defendants and prison sentences. It never produced the number that matters. How many children were gang raped in the city of culture?
Bradford Council Helped A Rapist Marry His Child Victim. And Then Paid His Family To Enslave Her.
Everything below comes from Bradford's own commissioned review, its appendices, and the criminal courts. The scandal is not what they found. It is what happened after they found it.