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Behind the lines

A series investigating the scale, causes and consequences of the county lines phenomenon

18 September 2019

  • Two men in hooded tops

    Cuckooing victims: ‘They start as friends but end up as bullies’

  • Weston-super-Mare has for many years been home to a significant number of heroin and crack cocaine users, putting pressure on austerity-hit treatment services and the police.

    The end of the county line: how drug users are exploited by gangs

17 September 2019

  • Behind the Lines composite

    Child victims of human trafficking prosecuted despite CPS rules

  • Anonymised photo of county lines victim who was later found to be a victim of human trafficking.

    ‘I thought I was guilty’: how the law can fail county lines victims

16 September 2019

  • Two people on a dimly lit street

    Councils ‘unwittingly helping drug gangs recruit children’

  • A home in Old Market Place in Bodmin, Cornwall

    Rise in house closures for drug dealing fuels fears of ‘cuckooing’

  • Police officers prepare to raid a property as part of an operation to tackle county drugs lines.

    Reports of county lines child exploitation likely to increase, say police

  • Graphic of county lines map

    County lines: where the drugs go, case by case

15 September 2019

  • County lines

    Airbnb and a free lunch: how county lines drug gangs lure teenagers

  • Silhouettes of children and a bag of drugs

    Revealed: surge in vulnerable children linked to UK drug gangs

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