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Athens, July 18 (IANS) UK Member of Parliament Rupert Lowe’s Inquiry Report on ‘Pakistani Rape Gangs’ has reignited debate in Britain about “Pakistani Muslim networks” being responsible for a significant share of organised grooming-gang abuse cases across the country, a report has stated. The findings of ‘Rape Gang Inquiry Report’ compiled from survivor testimonies, whistleblower accounts, court documents and past investigations detailed how young girls were targeted through a recurring patt…

London, June 19 (IANS) At least 250,000 girls and likely more were subjected to gang rape, trafficking, torture, and coerced pregnancy over several decades, with the perpetrators overwhelmingly being of Pakistani Muslim heritage and the enabling institutions overwhelmingly of the British state, according to a 219-page report released by a privately funded parliamentary inquiry into organised child sexual exploitation in the United Kingdom (UK). The Rape Gang Inquiry, chaired by Reform UK MP Rupe…

Brussels, June 13 (IANS) The grooming gang scandal in the United Kingdom (UK) exposes a deeper institutional failure rather than criminal brutality. Victims’ complaints, police reports, court cases, and local investigations repeatedly revealed patterns that were present across multiple towns but not adequately addressed, a report has stated.The issue of a significant number of offenders coming from British communities of Pakistani heritage was long treated as politically sensitive, despite the…

London, April 9 (IANS) British Conservative MP Katie Lam’s call for a national inquiry into UK grooming gangs exposes a scandal in which gangs of Pakistani British heritage systematically exploited vulnerable children — mostly white and Sikh girls — from the 1990s through the 2010s, devastating communities in towns like Rotherham, Rochdale, and Telford. “Predators targetted girls as young as 11 in everyday spots like parks, bus stops, or schools, luring them with flattery, alcohol, drugs…

London, Jan 17 (IANS) Pakistani grooming gangs in the United Kingdom are widely known for their organised operations and repeated targetting of minority communities, particularly Sikh and Hindu girls, with activists labelling the serial abuse as “the biggest peacetime crime — and cover-up — in British history”, a report has highlighted. It detailed that these grooming gangs have been associated with organised Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) for decades.According to a report in New Delhi-ba…