UNITED KINGDOM
USA Today
Kim Hjelmgaard and Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY
LONDON — More than 1,400 suspects, including 76 politicians and dozens of celebrities, are being investigated over allegations of child sex abuse involving VIPs and institutions such as schools, a British police group said Wednesday.
The allegations, many of which relate to cases from years ago, were revealed in a briefing to reporters by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), a group that operates across Britain’s disparate forces on what it calls “the most serious and strategic threats.”
Simon Bailey, a police chief in the eastern England county of Norfolk who is leading the investigation — called Operation Hydrant — said 1,433 alleged offenders have been identified.
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