EIGHTEEN cases involving suspected paedophiles are still being investigated in the West Midlands – more than two years after evidence was first passed to UK authorities.

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that more than 200 suspects across the country are still being investigated after information was first passed to the Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre (Ceop) by Canadian police in July 2012.

Reported by the Birmingham Mail. You can read the full story here.

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.