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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tara Cobham

‘I reported my child as missing then heard nothing’: The young people who fall through the gaps when they disappear

A vulnerable child was drawn into a county lines drug trafficking gang after authorities failed to act for 10 days following his family’s report that he was missing, a charity has warned.

Missing People, the UK’s only charity dedicated to reconnecting missing people with their loved ones, said the boy was groomed while he was away and continued to be targeted even after he was found and brought home, leading to repeated disappearances.

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