A damning new report today lifts the lid on the vast extent of historic child sexual exploitation in Rochdale - and reveals the repeated failings of those in power that allowed men to abuse vulnerable youngsters for years.
A review team said it found 'compelling evidence' of 'widespread organised sexual exploitation' of children in the town between 2004 and 2012.
The report identified 'at least' 96 individuals 'who potentially' posed a risk to children over the period, but chillingly they are described as being 'only a proportion' of those involved in CSE' across the town.
The report's authors said they found 'successive' police operations 'failed to tackle the widespread exploitation of children by these men'.
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