UK crime agency uncovers international network of drug-facilitated sexual assault
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Hannah Al-Othman
Summary
The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) has uncovered a transnational network of organised drug-facilitated sexual assault. Offenders use online networks — many still unknown to law enforcement — to arrange rapes and sexual assaults, often filming the crimes. The NCA reports that perpetrators frequently exploit committed, trusting, long-term relationships to facilitate their offending, highlighting a disturbing pattern of betrayal and premeditated sexual violence.
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bskyUK crime agency uncovers international network of drug-facilitated sexual assaulttheguardian.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledCriminal investigators in the UK say they have uncovered a 'truly international network' of organised drug-facilitated sexual assault in which victims are sedated before being raped and sexually assaulted.
The National Crime Agency [NCA] has said online networks, 'many as yet unidentified by law enforcement', were allowing offenders to arrange to rape and abuse victims or arrange for sexual assaults to be filmed.
In many cases, these crimes were being perpetrated by those who 'utilise the existence of committed, trusting and often long-term relationships to perpetrate and facilitate offending'.
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