EXCLUSIVE: 'Rotherham Style' Child Sex Abuse 'Happening in Scotland'

Published 25th Feb 2015

We can reveal Barnardos is working with children who have been trafficked around Scotland for sexual abuse. The Scottish Government is holding a child protection summit for council and health board bosses looking learning from what happened in Rotherham.

Widespread organised child sexual abuse took place in South Yorkshire, England, between 1997 and 2013.

Local investigations into the Rotherham abuse began in the 1990s, although some reports were never finalised or made public by the authorities. The charity's Scotland Director Martin Crewe says he is concerned domestic trafficking is an increasing problem: