Theme of the Month - Child Criminal Exploitation & County Lines

Young people and children who are involved with criminal exploitation and gangs require help and support. They may be victims of violence or pressured into doing things like carrying drugs/weapons or stealing. They might be put into dangerous situations, exploited and abused.

County lines is the police term for urban gangs supplying drugs to suburban areas, market and coastal towns using dedicated mobile phone lines, known as “deal lines”.