British intelligence uses child spies in covert operations

Home Office wants more freedom to find information on terrorists and gangs via children

British police and intelligence agencies are using children as spies in covert operations against terrorists, gangs and drug dealers.

A committee of the House of Lords revealed the practice while raising the alarm over government plans to give law enforcement bodies more freedom over their use of children.

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