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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent

‘Truly international’ network of drug-facilitated rape uncovered by UK crime agency

Gisele Pelicot in a pink shirt stands surrounded by uniformed officers in a crowded public space
The NCA likened the crimes being perpetrated in the online networks to the Gisèle Pelicot case in France. Photograph: Lewis Joly/AP

Criminal investigators in the UK say they have uncovered a “truly international network” of organised drug-facilitated sexual assault in which victims are sedated before being raped and sexually assaulted.

The National Crime Agency [NCA] has said online networks, “many as yet unidentified by law enforcement”, were allowing offenders to arrange to rape and abuse victims or arrange for sexual assaults to be filmed.

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