National Crime Agency lists police failings over Rotherham sex abuse

South Yorkshire police told to make 48 improvements after investigation into how 1,400 children came to be assaulted in the town from 1997 to 2013

A catalogue of police failings left criminals free to sexually abuse more than 1,400 children in Rotherham over a 16-year period, a review by the National Crime Agency has found.

South Yorkshire police has been told to make 48 improvements to its handling of child sexual exploitation investigations following an inquiry by the agency dubbed Britain’s FBI.

Intelligence and investigative opportunities in relation to child sexual exploitation have been overlooked

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