London’s grooming gang crisis continues to expose institutional crises, political denial, and the persistent failure to protect vulnerable children.
THE EUROPEAN CONSERVATIVE -- Operation Grandbye in east London began in 2017 after four girls, aged 13 to 15, reported being raped near Stratford Centre. Police later identified 18 victims, mostly teenagers. Despite early arrests, the investigation fizzled out. The last update in 2018 claimed “disruption of perpetrators,” yet no convictions followed. Freedom of Information requests about outcomes remain unanswered.
The same pattern repeats across London: victims dismissed, agencies disjointed, perpetrators unpunished.
“These children are being abandoned,” said care advocate Chris Wild. “The care system is at the precipice of collapsing.”
