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    Commissioner mention - The evil of Jimmy Saville was not his alone (The Guardian)

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    It is a mistake to regard the presenter's horrific case as a one-off. It is a numbingly familiar tale of power and disbelief.

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    Commissioner mention - Human trafficking to UK is rising (The Guardian)

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    Report says 946 potential victims were brought to UK last year to be exploited for sex, labour and domestic slavery.

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    Commissioner mention - Company's to let kids take over (Crawley News)

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    COMPANIES and organisations across the county are being called on to sign up for Takeover Day 2012 and give young people first-hand experience of the world of work.

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    Commissioner mention: Children `groomed' by gangs (Sunday Express)

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    Up to a dozen organised child sex exploitation rings are currently being investigated across the UK, but that may only be a fraction of the true scale of the crime, say experts.

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    Commissioner mention: Wicked. Twisted. Wrong. But from Megan Stammers to Jimmy Savile these cases are not all the same (The Independent)

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    September has been a cruel month for susceptible and impressionable British children. Well, all months are, but as some truly bad news accreted just after kids in fresh uniforms trotted off back to school, it felt more poignant.

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    Commissioner mention - Child sex abuse ‘widespread in UK' - not just in Asian areas (The Independent)

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    A two-year inquiry into the sexual exploitation of children is set to reveal abuse across the country. 

     

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    Commissioner mention - Sexual exploitation, the misunderstood crime (ITV News)

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    This report highlights what a misunderstood crime sexual exploitation is and the terrible damage that is done to young lives when professionals fail to act to protect them from it.

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    Commissioner mention - "Missed opportunities" to stop child sex abuse (Eastern Eye)

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    There were "missed opportunities" by social, police and the Crown Prosecution Service  to stop a child exploitation ring which abused young girls, a damning report has revealed.