Special Investigation: Inside Britain’s illegal care home crisis

About this episode

Andy investigates the illegal children's care home crisis in the UK, revealing a scandal involving vulnerable children and criminal caregivers.

In this special investigation, Andy exposes the scandal of the hundreds of illegal children's care homes which are operating all over the UK. In a joint investigation with Tom Wall and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism , Andy tells the horrifying story of a vulnerable 15 year-old girl who was groomed & raped by two 'carers' at one such home, who were given jobs working with children in spite of having a history of violent convictions. Tom Wall identified MAP Adventures and tracked McGrory down to Cyprus. Andy confronts the man who owned the care home in question, and explains why criminals and abusers are behind so many of the unlicensed homes which have been appearing over the past few years. Follow us on social media: @thecrimeagents

People in this episode

Host: Andy

Topics covered

• illegal care homes
• child safety
• investigative journalism
• scandal
• vulnerable children

Keywords

• illegal care homes
• child abuse
• investigation
• UK scandal
• vulnerable children

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

Places: UK

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