NSPCC: ‘Toddlers targeted by paedophiles online’

Children as young as one have fallen prey to paedophiles using the internet, with crimes including more than 100 rapes involving predators operating online in the last year.

NSPCC: ‘Toddlers targeted by paedophiles online’
Tue, 21 Jun, 2016 - 01:00
Margaret Davis

The NSPCC said 38 police forces in England and Wales had recorded 3,186 sex crimes against children in 2015/16 that involved offenders using the internet.

Offences included sexual assaults, grooming victims, and inciting children to take part in sex acts.

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