Criminal Exploitation of Young People in North East Lincolnshire

Trish Leivesley

CI Jenny Bristow

DI Andy Hayes

Jodie Yarborough

Gemma Savage

What's our problem?

‘County lines’ refers to drug dealing using ’phone lines’ operations across different counties run by established gangs who groom vulnerable young people to transport and deal drugs in these new markets. Young people are drawn in with promises of money, protection and status. Once involved, the reality is completely different. The promises do not materialise and the young people are coerced into carrying out risky activities, and are often threatened with physical and sexual violence if they try to break away.

Journey

• Initial incidents of Concern May /June 2015.

• Following months further incidents of young people presenting with wounds/ lacerations.

• Increased media reporting around drug related incidents.

• Aug 2015 multi agency partnership.

• Ending Gang Youth Violence Peer Review/Action Plan developed.

• Children identified and managed as vulnerable victims.

• There are currently 74 children identified as being involved in CCE locally. Further Mapping is being undertaken.

Coming to the Party!!• Open and honest dialogue with all Partners

• Challenging conversations.

• CCE group.

• Risk to individuals is heard within the Multi Agency Child Exploitation (MACE) arena.

• Training delivery.

• Policy, procedures and strategy.

• National Referral Mechanism (NRM) referrals to support vicitms.

• There is a partnership action plan in relation to CCE.

• Home Office Ending Youth Gang Violence Locality review took place 10th April 2018.

Continued

• Dedicated response from agencies.

• National Working Group pilot.

• The police have identified the risk and threat level as very high and have allocated superintendent owners to this issue.

Locality Review Key findings

• This was a well-informed locality review that had clearly taken steps to identify and address this issue based on successfully implementing a number of the recommendations from the previous EGYV peer review in 2015.

• The partnership appears strong and well informed. This strong collaboration has

helped to identify the emergence of county lines and highlight the cross over between this, the modern slavery agenda and CCE. The arrival of gang/group offenders from Manchester, Merseyside, London and West Midlands has increased the risk around CSE, violence and vulnerability linked to adults, young people, drug debt and cuckooing.

EVALUATION• Know Your Issue• Understand Your Issue

• Identify your problems but give your power and energy to the solution!

• Shared Understanding• Shared Responsibility

Review & Mapping• CSE Journey• Home Office Peer Review 2015• Strategic Problem Profile –

Humberside County Lines• OCG Mapping• County Line Mapping• CCE Mapping• CCE Forum• NEL Locality Review

Victims First

• https://www.dropbox.com/s/c6t7mkxmx5ibr1z/Trish%20Intro%20Sequence.mp3?dl=0

• https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/five-arrests-including-two-youths-1300380

Interventions

• Easter Arts

• Summer Arts

• Which Way programme

• CCE link workers

• Modern Day Slavery recognition.

Challenges and Learning

• Escalation in inter youth violence as a result of CCE.

• Changes in OCG characteristics and methods.

• Nature and scale of CCE locally.

• Workforce development and awareness across the borough.

• Not just young people – vulnerable adults.

• Earlier identification.

• Cultural change required.

• Know your local problem

• THIS IS TOUGH!!!

Questions?