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Harms that come from that. so you say the law need to change — how does the law need to change? so currently, we are seeing it tacked on to other laws, drug laws, and the fact that exploitation of a child may be an aggravating feature of those — those laws. what we need to see is that child criminal exploitation is made a law within itself, and the subsequent harms that come from that. so, for instance, concealment of drugs is a real issue and real factor that we see in county lines. and by ...

In those circumstances. today, we investigate what is being done to break he county lines. its something you might have read or heard about on the news — "county lines" is defined as grooming by criminals to force teenagers into drug dealing and other activity. drugs are often transported away from the big cities to smaller towns and rural areas by children and vulnerable people. the "county line" is the mobile phone use to take the orders. well, gemmas been looking at this and speaking to som...

In facilitating a loan to then prime minister boris johnson whilst applying for the chairmanship of the bbc. now on bbc news, breaking the county lines. its every parents nightmare. he was climbing out the windows on a night. they had him selling crack and heroin. young people lured into a world of drugs, gangs and violence. he was beaten badly. to see your childs face twice the size of what it should be — no mother should see. there are calls for a change in the law. to make it a specific off...

Done to break the county lines. it is something you might have read or heard about on the news, county lines is defined as grooming by criminals to force teenagers into drug dealing and other activity. drugs are often transported away from the big cities to smaller towns and rural areas by children and vulnerable people. the county line is the mobile phone used to take the orders. gemma has been looking at this and speaking to some of the families involved. what have they been saying to you? i h...

To see what is happening, just as, actually, david cameron did with child sexual exportation nearly a decade ago. that is the level of intervention we need. why are so many kids being coerced into drug gangs right now? why is this happening? first of all, the drug gangs want them, they are commodities, they are cheap for them and they deliver a really important part of their business. they take all the risk, do all the running. we have seen that the age of kids involved in this is getting lower ...

But if you are impacted by any of the subjects raised today and in need of support, you can find organisations which can offer advice at the bbc action line. you have been watching breaking the county lines, we are back next week, goodbye. hello. in some places, the clouds parted to give some sunday sunshine, but many other spots were stuck with grey skies overhead. we will see some breaks in the cloud overnight, but parts of east wales, the midlands and eastern england will stay pretty cloudy. ...

We, the people of west yorkshire are winning, i believe, and we have to win, because otherwise the future is bleak. do you think young people who are coerced into joining county lines drug gangs should be criminalised? no, not at all. and there are mechanisms through the modern slavery legislation to protect young people who are being criminalised, so there is a national referral mechanism not being used, we need to do more to raise awareness of it. ijust wonder whether some families might feel ...

Officials havent disclosed details about the object. now on bbc news, its time for breaking the county lines. its every parents nightmare. he was climbing out the windows every night. they had him selling crack and heroin. young people lured into a world of drugs, gangs and violence. he was beaten badly. to see your childs face twice the size of what it should be, no mother should see. there are calls for a change in the law. to make it a specific offence to deal to children under 16. but are th...

To take our children, far away, then we will never be able to break that chain and that bond between victim and gang. alison lowe is west yorkshires deputy mayor for crime and policing. we saw there a family had to leave their home to escape the gangs, should that be happening? it sounds like in that case the gangs have won. it should not be happening. family should be able to live freely, securely, safely in west yorkshire. but we know unfortunately that crime and serious organised crime is ris...

How does the law need to change? currently we are seeing it tacked on to other laws, drug laws and the fact that the exploitation may be a aggravating feature, what we need to see is child criminal exploitation is made a law within itself. and the subsequent harms, so for instance, concealment of drugs is a real issue and real factor that we see in county lines. by concealment we mean people are forcing, coercing or tricking children to insert drugs into their bodies to travel to different locat...