Three men have been found guilty of raping two teenage girls in Rotherham over 20 years ago, following a National Crime Agency investigation under Operation Stovewood.

Three men have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into non-recent child sexual exploitation in Oldham.

On 17 July David Greenwood and Amy Clowrey attended a screening at the House of Lords, hosted by Baroness Hazarika and included a raw and uncomfortable conversation about child sexual exploitation. Lots of issues were discussed and this article is written to try and summarise some of the key points from the conversation.

Abuse against children remains a national problem in England and Wales, with more historical cases coming to light and staggering data about the prominence of child sexual exploitation (CSE) and abuse across the country.

On 19 June, we were honoured to join The Survivors Trust and ACT on IICSA for a vital webinar examining the Government’s response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA).

The government has this week unveiled a wide-ranging and long-overdue package of reforms in response to Baroness Louise Casey’s review into group-based child sexual exploitation.

BBC Newsnight aired a special programme which looked at child sexual abuse and exploitation entitled 'A Nation's Shame: Grooming Survivors Speak'.

At Switalskis, we represent hundreds of survivors of child sexual exploitation (CSE) across the country. Many of their stories reveal not only the horror of the abuse they suffered, but the institutional failures that allowed it to continue—unchecked and unchallenged—for far too long.