An England-based online child protection group involved in stings of alleged sexual predators claims over 1,500 people a year are being snared by so-called paedophile hunting groups in the UK.
Fleetwood Enforcers, a group that has been running volunteer-led investigations into internet groomers since 2018, said a lack of police funding has led to “predator hunters” filling a vacuum to catch those preying on children in Britain.
