Child sex ring

 ( Organized Crime ) 

A child sex ring is a group of adults who are simultaneously involved sexually with multiple minors during the same general time frame. The dynamics of these rings differ from those of more common one-on-one intrafamilial cases in that they are more organized and ran over a long period of time. Commercialization and group sex are not necessarily present.

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Synonyms They are also referred to as pedophile rings, pedophile networks, pedophile cells, paedophile gangs, grooming gangs (in British English) and child abuse rings.

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Prevalence In 1989, a study indicated 31 child sex rings identified by police within a geographically separated population of 710,000 during two years in UK. In the two years, they accounted for 4.6% of all reported child sexual abuse. Forty-seven male offenders aged 16 to 82 years and 334 victims aged 4 to 15 were involved. The offenders usually operated in pairs or alone. Three of the rings were becoming semicommercial. Some children acted as victim recruiters for the offenders in 22 rings. The recruiters usually receive the money. The reported abuse included masturbation and fondling in 30 rings, oral sex, anal sex, or vaginal intercourse in 21 rings, as well as production of child pornography in 2 rings.

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Offenders and the mode of operation

Child sex rings operate like pipelines. New members are regularly recruited, seduced, abused, and later 'dumped'. They often involve educational or recreational organizations where they can be recruited and seduced. The seduction often involves acts of kindness and giving gifts to the victims to lower their inhibitions and to gain their cooperation and trust. One of the factors that facilitates the recruitment of children is peer pressure from observing the behavior of other children participating in the ring. The offenders tend to be from a higher socio-economic background, as running a child sex ring requires high interpersonal skills and economic resources. It often means a financial loss for the offenders.

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Notable cases

2 girls
7 underaged girls
7 girls aged from 13 to 15
underaged girls
100 boys
Colonia Dignidad	Chile	children
up to 20 boys
26 girls from 12 to 18
9 children
underaged girls
18 girls from 11 to 17
underaged boys and girls
underaged girls
underaged girls
girls from 12 to 15
2 boys and 3 girls under 13
girls under 15
underaged girls
underaged girls
47 underaged girls
1,400 girls
up to 1,000 girls
underaged boys and girls

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See also

• List of pedophile advocacy organizations
• Marc Dutroux
• Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

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External links

• Paedophile ring, Cambridge Dictionary

Categories: Organized Crime

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