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Foxtrot Network Recruits Teenagers to Carry Out Murders as Leader Remains in Tehran

Hundreds of arrests show a growing multinational effort to stop Foxtrot’s online recruitment of vulnerable youths.

Four Convicted of Grooming and Raping 17‑Year‑Old in Bristol

Teen Linked to '764' Group Jailed for Grooming, Blackmail and Encouraging Self-Harm

EU Drugs Agency Warns Synthetic Opioids Are Driving Europe’s Rising Overdose Toll

Colmex Report Finds TikTok Used to Recruit Mexican Youth

Miami‑Dade Teacher Arrested Over Year‑Long Sexual Relationship With Student

Nuremberg Police Detain Two Men in Probe of Sex Assaults and Drug Sales Near Central Station

Ex‑Officer Jailed and Caned for Dressing as Woman to Molest and Record Teen Boys

After Nantes Teen’s Killing, Interior Minister Plans Local Anti-Drug Unit and Police Reinforcements

Orphaned Portsmouth Siblings Face Homelessness After Parents and Sister Die Weeks Apart

Tokyo Police and City Stage Joint Sweep of Kabukicho’s ‘To-yoko’ Hotspot

Rhyl Child Exploitation Trial Opens as Jury Watches Teen’s Police Interview

Seven Sentenced in Wirral County Lines Case That Exploited 16-Year-Old

Juries Fault Meta and YouTube Over Addictive Design That Harmed a Teen

Noah Donohoe Inquest Probes CCTV Gaps and Head-Injury Theory as Week Five Continues

London Police Revisit 9,000 Cases as New Accounts Detail Teen Girls Exploited by Gangs

Child Recruitment by Armed Groups Soars in Colombia and Haiti

Two Jailed for Luring and Raping 13-Year-Old in Hull Hotel

Court Martial Jails, Dismisses Army Instructors for Sex With 17-Year-Old Recruit

Ex-MLC Swim Coach Accused of Grooming 13-Year-Old Granted Bail Under Strict Controls