Criminal Drug Exploitation explained

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Criminal Drug Exploitation is when criminals bully, force or persuade people, including children, to carry, store or sell drugs.

What do you know about Criminal Drug Exploitation? This short film from Oxfordshire County Council Family Solutions Service explains how it happens, why children are at risk, what parents can do to protect their children and where services like Family Solutions and the police can help protect and support children and families.

Key facts

  • Exploitation is a crime
  • Where the victim is a child (under 18) this is Child Criminal Exploitation
  • Victims of exploitation are at risk of other forms of abuse
  • Victims will be safeguarded, not criminalised

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Find out more

Crminal Exploitation of children and vulnerable adults  Guidance around criminal exploitation from the UK government

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