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Police identify 'hundreds' of Rotherham child sex offenders Police identify 'hundreds' of Rotherham child sex offenders
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Hundreds of potential offenders have been identified in an investigation into child sex abuse in Rotherham, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. About 300 potential offenders have been identified in an investigation into child sex abuse in Rotherham, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.
The inquiry, named Operation Stovewood, began last December in the wake of the Jay report which estimated there were 1400 victims of abuse in the town between 1997 and 2013.The inquiry, named Operation Stovewood, began last December in the wake of the Jay report which estimated there were 1400 victims of abuse in the town between 1997 and 2013.
Senior investigators describe the abuse in Rotherham as "horrendous" and say they are investigating "very disturbing events". Police said that estimate "remains a very good assessment".
The NCA said it expected to expand its inquiry over the next few weeks.
The agency said it had 47 boxes of material from Risky Business, a local youth organisation which was set up to help and identify victims of sexual exploration in Rotherham in 1997.
A Home Office researcher who wrote a report into child sexual abuse in the town claimed the organisation had documents taken from its offices by an unknown person.