NSPCC – Protecting children from County Lines
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NSPCC – Protecting children from County Lines
The NSPCC has produced and published some great information on County Lines, this includes the introduction to County Lines, Risks, Recognising, Responding to concerns about county lines exploitation, Prevention for Schools and Education. working with parents and Carers and Legislation and guidance on County Lines.
What is county lines?
County lines is a form of criminal exploitation where urban gangs persuade, coerce or force children and young people to store drugs and money and/or transport them to suburban areas, market towns and coastal towns (Home Office, 2018). It can happen in any part of the UK and is against the law and a form of child abuse.
Children and young people may be criminally exploited in multiple ways. Other forms of criminal exploitation include child sexual exploitation, trafficking, gang and knife crime.
County lines gangs are highly organised criminal networks that use sophisticated, frequently evolving techniques to groom young people and evade capture by the police.”
NSPCC (N.D.)
For further information on County Lines take a look at FosterWiki’s County Lines- Introduction, Information and Guidance here or the guidance from the NSPCC Learning website here.
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