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Crackdown on paedophiles

Devon and Cornwall Police

Devon and Cornwall PPC welcomes crackdown on paedophiles

Alison Hernandez has written to Home Secretary Sajid Javid to support his announcement that £13m of extra Government funding would be spent on helping victims of child sexual exploitation.

Internet companies have been told they must go further than ever before to prevent the circulation of child abuse images and videos. Alison said she supported the extra investment and attention in this area and had been alarmed by a rise in sickening sexual crimes involving children.

“I am delighted to hear that there is some serious money, time and attention being spent on tackling these horrendous crimes and providing the victims with the support they need,” Alison said.

“I’ve talked to the dedicated officers who do such difficult work in this area and to victims, and it’s clear that child sexual exploitation ruins lives. The trauma caused by crimes that are being committed in Britain today will echo through generations, and the surge in the scale of the number of offences is truly alarming.”

The National Crime Agency estimates that around 80,000 people in the UK that present some kind of sexual threat to children online.

Mr Javid said that as well as the extra funding for police forces the Government had invested £13 million through the Trusted Relationships Fund, for projects to build children’s resilience to these types of crimes.

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