Overview

• An Express/MyLondon review identified at least six potential victims in HMICFRS reports from 2016 to 2025 describing group-based sexual exploitation in London.
• Speaking to the London Assembly last week, Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the Met has a steady flow of live multi-offender child sexual exploitation investigations and a very significant number of cases in the Home Office review.
• Sadiq Khan previously said there were no reports or indication of Rochdale- or Rotherham-style gangs in the capital, while his office says safeguarding children is a top priority and cites a £15.6 million support program.
• Campaigners and MPs including Maggie Oliver, Chris Philp and Lee Anderson accused City Hall of denial or a cover-up and urged fuller investigations.
• The Home Office and NCA’s Operation Beaconport has flagged more than 1,200 closed group-based CSE cases for review nationwide, and a past London probe, Operation Grandbye, recorded arrests but no charges.