Exclusive: Operation Stovewood’s head says team has been able to contact only 17% of 1,510 possible victims
The UK’s biggest investigation into child sexual exploitation needs 100 more officers to tackle the unprecedented scale of abuse in Rotherham, the head of the operation has told the Guardian.
The National Crime Agency (NCA), which is investigating past grooming offences in the town, has identified more than 1,500 potential victims and 110 suspects, and officers expect those figures to rise.
Paul Williamson, the senior investigating officer on Operation Stovewood, said his team of officers had been able to contact only 17% of the 1,510 possible victims due to a shortage of specially trained detectives.
“It’s a really specialist area, engaging and interviewing vulnerable victims,” he said. “A lot of our victims were children when they were abused but they’re now adults and have associated problems as a result of that abuse, including suicidal tendencies, mental health issues, drug and alcohol addiction.
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And yet there are still high-ranking officers from the pre-Jay period sat in Riverside, making small fortunes, not caring about their guilt.
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