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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Anahita Hossein-Pour

Campaigners seek legal action against those who failed to tackle grooming gangs

Former detective Maggie Oliver is one of those launching the TheyKnew campaign (PA) - (PA Archive)

A police whistleblower and survivors of child sexual abuse have launched a legal campaign to investigate taking action against those who failed to tackle grooming gangs and exploitation.

The #TheyKnew campaign is seeking to raise £125,000 to investigate actions of police forces, local authorities and individuals across the country to decide whether private prosecutions, civil claims or other legal proceedings can be brought against them for past failures.

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