Report: 1,400 children exploited in English town

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

LONDON -- About 1,400 children were sexually exploited in a northern England town, a report concluded Tuesday in an account of "collective failures" by authorities to prevent victims as young as 11 from being beaten, raped and trafficked over a 16-year period.

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