Child exploitation and ‘cuckooing’ to be made criminal offences

Child exploitation and ‘cuckooing’ to be made criminal offences

The children’s commissioner has said that new laws will provide ‘clarity that exploited children are victims’

Child exploitation and 'cuckooing' to be made criminal offences

Cuckooing - where a vulnerable person's home is taken over for criminal means - and child criminal exploitation would be made standalone offences under the government's Crime and Policing Bill.

Child exploitation and cuckooing to be made criminal offences

New legislation being introduced to Parliament next week seeks to criminalise the practices.

Little-known form of exploitation impacting hundreds in Surrey becomes a criminal offence - Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Surrey

A LITTLE-KNOWN form of exploitation that has affected hundreds of people in Surrey is set to become a specific criminal offence.  Surrey’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Lisa Townsend, has told of her joy after cuckooing was included in new legislation introduced to Parliament this week.  Lisa co-commissions the county’s gold-standard Cuckooing Service in partnership with Public Health. The service is run by Catalyst Support.  Cuckooing involves…

‘Cuckooing’ to become a specific criminal offence - Drink and Drugs News

The act of seizing control of a vulnerable person’s home in order to deal drugs, known as ‘cuckooing’, is to become a specific criminal offence under the Crime and Policing Bill.

Child criminal exploitation and ‘cuckooing’ of vulnerable people to be made criminal offences

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Child criminal exploitation and the ‘cuckooing’ of vulnerable people are to be made criminal offences. The measures in the Crime and Policing Bill, which will be introduced into Parliament this week, are designed to tackle the grooming and exploitation of children and vulnerable adults, including by county lines drug-dealing gangs. Under th…