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Gangs Using AI to Groom British Children, Slavery Watchdog Warns
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Criminal gangs are using artificial intelligence to reach and exploit British children, the UK's anti-slavery commissioner Eleanor Lyons has warned. Fake AI-generated profiles posing as young people are used to groom children into carrying drugs or laundering money. Child trafficking and modern slavery referrals rose 17 per cent to 7,045 in 2025, with more than 60 per cent British. She wants a child exploitation strategy.
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