Dinny Kerr retweeté
Lots of people are talking today as if the rape gangs are no longer happening.
Trust me - they are. All over Britain. In almost every town and city.
Vulnerable young white British girls raped and abused by gangs of Muslim men - predominately Pakistani, although a growing number of nationalities participate.
The tactics have changed and evolved, but the outcome remains the same.
Drugged and plied with alcohol, becoming increasingly reliant on these men - through fear, blackmail or addiction. Turned against their families.
It's so much darker than people realise.
There are national criminal networks behind so much of it. Torture, murder, abduction. With the same names coming up again and again.
That is what shocked so much at our inquiry hearings. It was the level of organisation and sophistication that is involved. It's not just a handful of men, it is everywhere. It's all connected.
Most disturbingly, it's how often these girls are trafficked overseas. Almost all of the survivors we spoke to had at some stage an effort to remove them from Britain. Most failed. Some did not.
How many women are currently trapped overseas?
I've raised this in Parliament. Almost nobody cares.
It is devastating.
I am still waiting on a response from the Home Secretary about one of the most harrowing stories we heard - no answer.
Our inquiry continues. The report is progressing, with more news to come soon.
Additional women have come forwards, and our team are working with them. We are doing everything in our power to help them tell their stories.
But if you take one message from our inquiry, please let it be this.
The rape of Britain continues today.
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