Warning: This report contains themes some people may find distressing
Over the past 10 years, I have reported from around the world numerous times about the horrors of child abuse, and in recent years, about the evolution of the crime online.
I have covered the sentencing of offenders, interviewed their young and innocent victims, talked to special police investigators who work to try and contain the problem and witnessed first-hand the devastation the crime can cause.
An expert in child exploitation recently said to me: "Law enforcement cannot arrest its way out of this problem."
It is a sobering but true fact. This is a crime that can happen anywhere in the UK, inside any home, in any bedroom, to any child.
Read the full story on the ITV News website: https://www.itv.com/news/2024-05-08/children-as-young-as-three-manipulated-into-creating-sexual-imagery-online
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