Criminals Grooming Children With Fast Food Amid Cost of Living Crisis

Criminals Grooming Children With Fast Food Amid Cost of Living Crisis
Merseyside Police perform an early morning raid on a home in Liverpool as part of Operation Toxic to infiltrate county lines drug dealing, on Dec. 6, 2021. Christopher Furlong/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Patricia Devlin
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The cost-of-living crisis has seen criminal gangs in the UK groom young children into their ranks by buying them food, child safety experts have said.

In one case, a schoolchild who couldn’t afford lunch was bought fast food, while another was targeted with sweets and magazines, Parliament’s Education Committee was told on Tuesday.

Patricia Devlin
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Patricia is an award winning journalist based in Ireland. She specializes in investigations and giving victims of crime, abuse, and corruption a voice.
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