Grooming Gangs Funding: A Drop in the Ocean? The UK government's recent announcement of a near tenfold increase in funding for detectives hunting grooming gangs has been met with skepticism from police forces.
They warn that the allocated £38 million will "likely fall short" of what is needed to properly investigate and bring perpetrators to justice.
The scale and complexity of group based child exploitation are staggering, requiring a significant number of officers over an extended period to effectively tackle the issue.