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The Argus. United Kingdom.
Grim figures from the National Crime Agency reveal the number of youngsters known to be experiencing labour and sexual exploitation in the county.
Sussex Police found 32 children being exploited in 2018.
Six girls and one boy were exploited sexually.
And four girls and 18 boys were exploited for their labour.
Children make up 75 per cent of victims of modern slavery in Sussex.
City councillor Emma Daniel, who helped set up an initiative to tackle the problem in Brighton and Hove, said: “These criminal gangs tend to target children in the care system, that’s how cruel they are. Children are a business to them. They are a commodity, they’re not considered human.”
Last year, The Argus reported how criminals were enlisting children to sell drugs in a city centre park. Dealers from London were targeting younger and younger teenagers at The Level in Brighton.
It is a lucrative business for criminals called “county lines”.
