Children and teenage girls were blamed for crimes perpetrated against them, a “deeply disturbing” report into grooming gangs has found. Yvette Cooper has vowed to take immediate action on 12 ...

Many sexual predators confess to using a classic playbook to target, groom and abuse their victims, making them feel ...

Last year, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children logged more than a half million reports of online ...

A student wears a “22” pin to honor Braden Markus during a high school football game in Lewis Center in 2021. Ohio will criminalize sexual extortion and the grooming of children under legislation ...

MISSOURI — A Missouri group is hoping to spark change across the state and make child grooming illegal. “This is a hill I’m willing to die on, even if it takes me my whole life,” said Madison Royer.

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - A new state law will go into effect soon, making grooming of a child a criminal offense. Lawmakers say this legislation is a proactive measure to protect children before an ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Grooming children for sexual abuse is now illegal in Ohio, following the passage of House Bill 322 by the Ohio Senate on Wednesday. This legislative move comes three years after ...

According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, grooming is defined as a set of manipulative behaviors a person committing sexual violence uses to access a potential victim, coerce them into ...

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a serious global problem that impacts one in four girls and one in thirteen boys. The consequences of CSA are long-lasting and impact not only the individual who ...

Levels of child grooming in London are "more catastrophic" than anywhere else in the country, a care sector activist and abuse survivor has said. Chris Wild said grooming and criminal exploitation are ...

Note: The above video shows the top headlines from the morning of September 29, 2025. LUBBOCK, Texas-Grooming is an uncomfortable subject, but a critical subject that parents, caregivers and ...

Former Agua Dulce teacher was arrested Tuesday morning for alleging have sexual relationships with students. She was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, and two counts of ...