Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox A new police unit to investigate child sex grooming gangs in Greater Manchester has already identified more than 800 offenders.
It is running three major investigations into historic abuse of young girls in Manchester and Rochdale. GMP's Force Child Sexual Exploitation Unit, has 54 officers and staff and has been launched at a cost of £2.3m.
A year in the planning It comes in the wake of stinging criticism of the force for previous failings when investigating such crimes.
Across the force there are now 70 investigations which involve multiple victims of child sexual exploitation. A total of 468 victims have been discovered of whom 332 have
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