INVESTIGATION: Harrogate and Ripon mums speak out about child sexual exploitation, abduction and cyber bullying

Children innocently browsing the internet could be just clicks away from being exploited by sexual predators and abductors.

This week’s Harrogate Advertiser investigation, as part of our Cyber Crime: The Hidden Threat to Us All campaign, explores the alarming statistic that 5,354 child sexual offences were flagged as online crime by police last year, the National Crime Agency has revealed.

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