Over more than two decades, girls as young as thirteen were drawn into the orbit of drug gangs in England and Wales, where sexual violence and criminal coercion became intertwined realities — yet when they sought help, police consistently treated their abuse as incidental to drug investigations. Four women have now broken their silence, offering testimony that exposes not only the predatory logic of gang exploitation but the institutional indifference that allowed it to persist. Their stories arrive at a moment when an independent inquiry has finally been charged with examining what a 2012 gov
Drug gangs sexually exploited teen girls while police prioritized drug offences, BBC investigation reveals
Four women describe years of repeated rape, sexual assault, physical violence, and criminal coercion by drug gang members during their teenage years, with no prosecutions achieved.