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UK police told to 'use AI' to help catch grooming gangs and child sex offenders
- The Home Office announces a £9 million funding package to equip police with AI-enabled tools.
- AI will help officers examine large data sets and interpret foreign-language content.
- The funding supports reviewing hundreds of closed cases and monitoring online offenders.
- Officials say the effort will build on last year’s enforcement figures in CSA prosecutions.
- The nationwide grooming gangs inquiry will investigate potential links to ethnicity, culture, or religion.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood calls grooming gangs a dark chapter and vows accountability.
- The National Crime Agency intends to use AI to boost protection for children online and offline.
- The inquiry will run up to three years and has a budget of £65 million.
- The initiative aligns with recent calls for nationwide action on grooming gangs.
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