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Flawed data used repeatedly to dismiss claims about 'Asian grooming gangs', Baroness Casey finds

  • The British government announced a national inquiry in June 2025 into organised child sexual abuse, following a report by Baroness Casey.
  • This inquiry responds to decades of institutional failure and reluctance to record or address the ethnicity of offenders, amid fears of being labelled racist.
  • A swift nationwide review revealed that men of Asian descent were overrepresented among suspects linked to group-based child sexual exploitation in the police jurisdictions covering the Manchester area, South Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire.
  • Home Secretary Yvette Cooper stated over 800 cold cases will be reviewed, expected to exceed 1,000 soon, and the government accepted all 12 Casey Report recommendations.
  • The inquiry aims to improve transparency, prosecute those who impeded justice, and address systemic failures that allowed abuse to continue unnoticed for decades.
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On 16 June, the British government announced a series of forthcoming measures concerning the Pakistani rapist gangs case, which was announced by Interior Minister Yvette Cooper, following a particularly critical report on how the state has dealt with this scandal. The investigation points to a reluctance to mention the ethnic origin of the alleged perpetrators, "for fear of appearing racist or causing community tensions", even though men of Paki…

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World News broke the news in United States on Monday, June 16, 2025.
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