If only the UK government were actually doing that.
Yeah, if only the UK government, the Conservative government from 2010 to 2024 had put money and resources into fighting such a thing, instead decreasing spending on the police.
Nick Herbert's speech on core government funding to the police for 2010 to 2011
www.gov.uk
Here's Lord Herbert (Posh Conservative ****) saying within 21 days of the Conservatives winning the election that: "As a result, I intend to reduce this year’s core Government funding to the police by a total of £125 million."
Yep, one of the first things they did was reduce police spending.
"Even after this reduction, Government funding to the police will still increase by £124 million this year to around £9.61 billion."
The Labour govt who lost (because of the electoral system and because the Lib Dems are idiots, Labour and the Lib Dems got more votes than the Tories) had planned to increase spending, but the Tories cut that spending increase.
www.gov.uk
So, in 2010 spending was £9.61 billion on the police.
By 2016 it was up to £10 billion. So they'd increased spending on the police by £0.39 billion.
Check how prices in the UK have changed since 1209
www.bankofengland.co.uk
But, if we go sneaky and use an inflation calculator, £9.61 in 2010 is £10.82 in 2016, which means the Conservative govt had cut police spending by £0.82 billion by 2016.
By 2024 when they were kicked out of office, police spending was £11 billion.
With inflation £9.61 became £14.38, which means they had cut police spending by £3.38 billion a year.
And you wonder why grooming didn't get addressed?
And then let's look at the USA
"America’s Grooming gang epidemic — Tens of thousands of girls and children abused every year"
"In recent years the subject of child sexual exploitation has been at the forefront of most news channels in Europe but America has shied away from it, it is something that American networks would rather talk about others problems instead of their own. Reason being? It’s likely America has the worst grooming gang scandal of all time and does not want to confront the problem."
"America does not use the term “grooming” like European nations do, child sexual exploitation falls under the term “sex trafficking”. However, “sex trafficking” does not convey the true nature of the abuse these young girls suffer and also implies they are adults, not children."
"Because of the covert nature of child grooming, reliable estimates of the number of youth affected are lacking. "
This is the difference. The UK is dealing with grooming to a certain extent, it's difficult to deal with because an underaged girls who is sexually active, and is WILLING, and then gets groomed by older men, has a certain freedom problem.
But in the UK people go to court and then to prison. In the US.... well.... let's just talk about the UK's problem because US politicians don't have to give a damn, because there are only two parties.
In the UK more parties has made this a prevalent topic. Mostly because the BNP/ any of their shootoffs and Reform/and their shootoff, have decided it's a good way to "legitimately attack nignogs, wogs, pakis" and other people they hate.