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Campaign to end child prostitution
19 February 2026
'The children's charity Barnardo's is claiming men who buy and sell children for sex are escaping without punishment because the law is out of date.
As the BBC's Social Affairs correspondent Alison Holt reports, a significant number of children are working as prostitutes but the adults who exploit them face relatively minor charges.
Pimps are only prosecuted for living off immoral earnings.'
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