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Child Sexual Exploitation in Derbyshire Detective Superintendent Andy Stokes

Reality Check

What is the plan? What are we here for? • Features in Policing Plan and has done for sometime • Key focus for the organisation • We protect the vulnerable • We “Think Family” • We work in partnership • Joint working through the LSCB’s across County and City • We learn from our experiences

Are our children less safe than they have ever been? • • • It feels like it, BUT…. . Greater awareness Greater press reporting Greater accountability Internet Unfortunately we deal with criminals who also evolve and change their approach……

The Elephant in the room. .

So What is it? • • • Definition of CSE The nationally agreed ACPO definition of CSE is: sexual exploitation of children and young people under 18 involves exploitative situations, contexts and relationships where the young person (or third person/s) receive ‘something’ (e. g. food, accommodation, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, affection, gifts, money) as a result of them performing, and/or others performing on them, sexual activities. child sexual exploitation can occur through the use of technology without the child’s immediate recognition; for example being persuaded to post images on the internet/mobile phones without immediate payment or gain. Violence, coercion and intimidation are common. Involvement in exploitative relationships is characterised by the child’s or young person’s limited availability of choice, as a result of their social, economic or emotional vulnerability. A common feature of CSE is that the child or young person does not recognise the coercive nature of the relationship and does not see themselves as a victim of exploitation.

Exploitation is headline news

…But its not just celebrities

What does this show? • The high profile celebrity cases generally relate to historical offences dating back decades - Exploitation is not ‘new’ • The perpetrators all have one thing in common – they utilise power to control the victim, be that through fame, infamy or fear.

Rotherham sexual abuse

2009 Operation Retriever

2009 Operation Retriever • 13 defendants operated as a gang, nine convicted offences relating to rape, pornography and drugs • 27 victims aged between 12 and 18 years • Ringer leaders Mohammed Liaquat and Abid Siddique received indefinite sentence's with minimum tariff's of eight and 11 years.

2010 Operation Kern

2010 Operation Kern • Started when a 14 years old girl in care disclosed she was being paid for sexual services. A further 13 other girls were then identified. • All the victims new each other but the offenders didn’t, they operated alone. • 10 people convicted with sentences totaling 48 years. • Predominantly white male offenders.

2013 Operation Cordelia Nicholas Geddis

2013 Operation Cordelia • 13 year old boy from Long Eaton groomed online, taken to a hotel and raped. • Examination of suspects phone identified 32 boys across the UK were victims. • Offences in hotels also identified in Durham and Newcastle. • 17 charges including rape, attempted rape, grooming and trafficking. • 15 years imprisonment

2014 R v Michael Day • Information from CEOP about indecent images being downloaded from his address. • Day arrested. Examination of media devices found footage of him abusing a 12 year old girl who was his sister and who resided with him. • Despite the footage the victim was unable to disclose what had happened. • 9 years imprisonment.

Derbyshire Child Exploitation Team • • 2 Detective Sergeants 4 Detective Constables – POLIT 5 Detective Constables – CSE 1 Detective Constable within Central Referral Unit dedicated to CSE • Trained CSE ‘Champions’ in stations across the county.

CSE Statistics • 327 referrals in last 12 months • 218 CSE • 109 POLIT • Currently running 148 investigations, 66 Referrals and 82 Crime investigations.

Offenders in Derbyshire • In 2013/14 there were Ethnicity White 132 perpetrators linked to Operation Asian liberty: Black Total 81 6 1 Mixed 2 Unknown 42 Grand Total 132

Offender in Derbyshire The age range of offenders was from 16 – 65. The largest cohorts was aged 20 -29 and 4049. 50% were under 30. Lone offending easily outweighs gang/group offending.

Derby / Derbyshire Risk Assessment tool Outlines Low Medium High

The Future – Prevention is better than cure

Safe and Sound • Offer support and advice to victims • Now extended in the county as well as Derby City

The National Working Group • Offers advice to all agencies involved in CSE • Good information / idea sharing forum • www. nwgnetwork. org

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