Increase in arrests of child abusers
June 10th, 2009 by virginia
20th May 2009
BBC News reports that the number of suspected child sex offenders arrested over the past year has risen by 10%. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection unit said that the tactics used by paedophiles were evolving. Apparently offenders are using more peer to peer networks and newsgroups.
Sections 9 to 15 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 set out a series of “child sex offences”, including causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, arranging or facilitating commission of a child sex offence and meeting a child following sexual grooming.
