43 h. ago Two Rochdale grooming gang members could soon finally be deported, reports suggests

Adil Khan and Abdul Rauf have repeatedly thwarted attempts to deport them

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58 h. ago Gym owner says she reported grooming concerns about coach years before arrest in sex abuse case

Parents, athletes raised red flags about GardnerChow, USA Gymnastics slow to act on complaintsSafeSport sanctioned coaches who failed to reportLong before his banishment from gymnastics and arrest after accusations he abused girls he coached, warning signs about Sean Gardner were coming from several directions – his former boss, his gymnasts and their parents.The former boss says she brought her concerns about Gardner’s “grooming” behavior to USA Gymnastics, the sport’s national governing body. The parents and girls described telling coaches of inappropriate behavior at Gardner’s new job, an academy that produced Olympians and is owned by renowned coach Liang “Chow” Qiao. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Takeaways from AP's reporting on concerns about gymnastics coach before arrest in sex abuse case

Concerns about a banned gymnastics coach arrested amid allegations he abused girls he coached surfaced years before police or sports authorities took action

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66 h. ago Girls, parents and gym owner reported concerns about gymnastics coach years before sex abuse case

Concerns about a banned gymnastics coach arrested amid allegations he abused girls he coached surfaced years before police or sports authorities took action

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4 d. ago Video of asylum seeker’s tearful arrest is played at his sex assault trial

The defendant, who is seen sitting in the back of a parked police car with its blue lights flashing, is read his rights.

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5 d. ago Sex offender, 84, killed in 'brutal and sustained' attack after recent release from prison: Man in 40s arrested over 'murder'

Sean Small, 84, was discovered near his Newcastle property in County Down, Northern Ireland, late on Sunday night.

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5 d. ago Man, 38, admits child sex offence after his arrest was livestreamed by paedophile vigilante group which triggered 'medieval' riot on Hampshire estate

Lee Comley, 38, Leigh Park in Havant, was arrested after being confronted by a vigilante group who livestreamed the encounter on Facebook.

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2 w. ago Gym trainers accused of beating man to death after altercation in protein supplement shop

Police allege victim had been harassing one of the trainers after she stopped talking to him eight months ago

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3 w. ago FBI and NSPCC alarmed at ‘shocking’ rise in online sextortion of children

Snapchat logged about 20,000 cases last year of adults grooming children online, more than other social media platforms combinedTech companies including Snapchat and Facebook reported more than 9,600 cases of adults grooming children online in the UK in just six months last year – the equivalent of about 400 a week.Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), have grown increasingly alarmed about the growing threat from sextortion and other crimes targeting teenagers. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago At least 10 kids were trafficked to an underground sex and abuse bunker. None of the eight suspects were on cops’ radar

An investigation was launched in February, when authorities were called to the bunker and found two of the victims performing sexual acts on each other. Andrea Cavallier details what we know about the case that local police described as the ‘most horrible thing’

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3 w. ago Exclusive: Registered sex offender banned from Spirit Airlines after arrest for groping teenage seatmate

A Spirit Airlines spokesperson told The Independent that 65-year-old John Daniel Fowler is no longer welcome on its flights

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