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00:01Hello, police emergency.
00:21We'll work around the clock if it means putting criminals behind bars.
00:24It only takes that one mistake for us to catch you.
00:27Crime doesn't pay. You will be caught.
00:38Criminal exploitation and abuse of children and young people
00:42can be widespread and take many forms.
00:46From horrifying cases of historic sexual abuse
00:49to modern-day slavery for drugs gangs.
00:52Whatever form it takes,
00:54the one thing many of these crimes have in common
00:57is how they prey and exploit society's most vulnerable.
01:01Often taking place behind closed doors,
01:03these can be the hardest, most complex investigations police undertake.
01:08In South Wales,
01:11detectives are looking into two unrelated crimes involving children
01:14who've suffered at the hands of ruthless adults.
01:17Cardiff, 2023.
01:28Police have received reports of drug dealing
01:30in the Ely area of the city.
01:32I hadn't ever dealt with a case like this before.
01:35It is a really callous operating model
01:37where they will maximize their profit in any way,
01:41and if they can do it by exploiting young people,
01:44that's exactly what they'll do.
01:48The conditions that the teenagers were in were absolutely horrendous,
01:52something I won't forget for a long time.
01:54Detective Inspector Tim Jones works with the organised crime team
02:10for South Wales Police.
02:12In Cardiff at the moment,
02:15we deal a lot with County Line crime groups
02:18who are running Class A drug supply.
02:21County Lines,
02:22it's a term used for street dealing.
02:24Class A cracking heroin using phone lines.
02:30In September 2023,
02:32the organised crime unit started to receive intelligence reports
02:36that a teenage boy was dealing drugs in a cemetery in Ely.
02:41And so undercover officers were brought in to investigate.
02:45Their identities are being protected for operational reasons.
02:51Officers from the neighbourhood policing team
02:53witnessed a drugs exchange between two persons
02:56that they knew to be Class A drug users and this teenage boy.
03:01So they've stopped searched that teenage boy
03:04and he's been in possession of Class A drugs.
03:07He's also been in possession of a mobile phone
03:09and over £1,000 in cash.
03:14The teenager's phone was seized
03:16and sent for digital analysis.
03:20Meanwhile, nine days later,
03:22police got another report about possible drug dealing
03:25in a woodland area also in Ely.
03:29So we entered the woods.
03:30Eventually, when he got down to the end of the path,
03:32you could sort of see their little den at the end.
03:34And then there were two teenage boys.
03:38There was a sort of blue tarpaulin tied between trees.
03:41It was the middle of November.
03:44Extremely poor conditions for two teenage boys to be sitting in.
03:49There was an old discarded divan bed base
03:52that they had obviously been sort of sat on
03:54and then discarded food waste on the floor
03:57where they'd been eating there as well.
04:00They seemed shocked, ultimately,
04:02that we had obviously found where they were
04:04and they'd obviously been there for some time.
04:07The young boys also had thousands of pounds worth of cash and drugs.
04:12And even more disturbingly,
04:14one had a large hunting knife and the other had a machete.
04:18It's absolutely crazy giving young people crack and heroin,
04:24incredibly harmful substances that can kill you quite easily.
04:28They had been out in the elements in all weather condition,
04:31putting themselves in some real serious harm.
04:33They were scared and at the end of the day,
04:35they were just, you know, children.
04:37I'm a father, I've got two young boys.
04:40To think of these kids being put through that,
04:43I find it absolutely awful.
04:46It does really make you determined to get justice.
04:50Shockingly, over the coming weeks,
04:52yet more reports came in about teenagers suspected to be selling drugs.
04:57Two were spotted on a motorbike.
04:59The dealers were wearing balaclavas and sort of like dark clothing,
05:04specifically to try not to be identified.
05:07I'm in possession of Class A drugs, mobile phones and cash.
05:14And in another report, at a patch of woodland,
05:18two teenagers bolted when the police turned up.
05:24One of them was detained a short distance away from their little camp,
05:28their set up.
05:32And when police caught up with the second young teenager,
05:35he made an unexpected plea.
05:41Once that final teenage boy had been detained,
05:44his initial reaction is just to say,
05:46help me, I don't want to be here.
05:49It's pretty horrible, really.
05:50You're torn sometimes that, you know,
05:52they're supplying Class A drugs.
05:54It's difficult to know, really, how much do they know
05:57the impact that's having on, you know, their parents,
06:01the families, the community.
06:04They weren't engaging with police,
06:05and they're just fearful of repercussions.
06:08These young people were 100% being exploited.
06:12So that's where investigation then took a slightly different turn.
06:15Drawing on a better understanding of how grooming and modern slavery work,
06:20detectives were able to shift their investigation towards a different set of charges.
06:25And instead of criminalising the low-level drug dealing of the teens,
06:28their shifted focus on finding the ringleaders at the heart of the gang,
06:32who were in fact exploiting vulnerable young people.
06:35The members of that organised crime group were coercing these children
06:40to supply drugs on their behalf.
06:42The fact that they are victims as opposed to suspects
06:45just really helps frame the investigation
06:47and put a focus on getting the right charges
06:50against the people at the top of the tree.
06:52To build a case with modern slavery at the heart,
06:55detectives would need all their wits and resources
06:58to catch those at the top of the gang preying on these teenagers.
07:02One at the back, one at the back, three at the back and run in.
07:08Other forms of child exploitation are hidden in plain sight
07:12and conducted by those trusted within our communities.
07:15For a long time, criminals have relied on the fact
07:18that children reporting a crime against an adult
07:21would often not be believed,
07:23even if that report was of unthinkable sexual abuse.
07:28But today, detectives are working to get justice for those victims
07:32who've suffered in silence for so long.
07:35Although these can be some of the most difficult
07:37and upsetting cases to investigate,
07:39knowing that they're being listened to and finally heard
07:42can provide vital reassurance to a victim
07:45no matter how many years ago a crime occurred.
07:56I kept everything to myself and it nearly killed me.
08:01I was only young.
08:04It was a continual shadow that touched every aspect of my life.
08:09In 2019, South Wales Police received a report from a man
08:18who said he'd been sexually assaulted as a boy.
08:25DC Jenna Hargreaves was the investigating officer.
08:29He was around 12 years old when he was abused,
08:33so we're looking around, you know, 30 years prior to him contacting South Wales Police.
08:38to make that report.
08:41The victim had never told anyone before,
08:43so this was huge for him to sit there and open up about the event.
08:53The victim told police about his childhood,
08:55growing up in Cardiff in the late 1970s.
08:59He said he used to play football with his friends
09:01and that afterwards they would often go to the home of a local man.
09:06His name was John Webb.
09:10John would let them watch TV.
09:12It was a place that all the children would meet up.
09:16And the victim states that one day he's gone to the address looking for a friend.
09:20There are no friends, there is just John Webb at the address.
09:23The victim told police that John Webb made him watch a sexually explicit video.
09:33The victim's 12 years old at the time.
09:36He's really confused, he doesn't know what's happening.
09:38This isn't anything that he's witnessed before.
09:41And he feels really uncomfortable.
09:43And that's when he is, he is raped.
09:49It is always shocking to hear such detail like that.
09:53You're trying to contain your own emotions
09:55and try and remain professional and strong for the victim
09:59who is opening up to you with, you know, talking about such a traumatic event.
10:07As detectives began to investigate, they received another call.
10:12When victim one has made the report to Southwiz police,
10:16he's actually reached out then to other people that he knows
10:20and has informed them that he's contacted the police about what John had did to him.
10:26As a result of victim one's report,
10:29victim two then came forward to make a report of abuse carried out by John Webb.
10:38The second victim was female
10:40and she told officers John Webb would give her tablets before abusing her.
10:45John was actually a registered nurse
10:48but would be using medication outside of his working environment.
10:52So victim two was able to say how, you know,
10:55she always remembered John having access to this medication,
11:00which he would then use.
11:07Detectives began to interview people who knew John Webb in the 1990s.
11:12I was able to speak to someone who used to be close to John,
11:16who was able to cooperate,
11:19that John had had a batch of medication delivered to their address,
11:24which they were not expecting and actually turned the delivery away.
11:29Why was he having such a large quantity of medication delivered?
11:36Five months into their investigation, police went to arrest and question Webb.
11:41When we've gone into the address, John seems quite shocked and especially when I informed him that he was under arrest for non recent sexual abuse.
11:52For medical reasons, he was initially interviewed at his home.
11:55This interview is being visually recorded and I'm DC'd of a 501 Hargreaves.
12:02He has denied any sexual contact at all with both victims.
12:08You are saying now to us in relation to both these alleged victims that none of it happened.
12:16No.
12:17He didn't show much emotion and kept referring to himself as this older, frail, if you like, older man.
12:28Whereas I had to keep reminding him, I'm talking about back then and what you would have been capable of back then.
12:35She remembers that you would give her medication and she would, she would pass out effectively.
12:43Did anything like that happen?
12:45No.
12:46So when I've asked John about the allegations made by victim one, he's point blank denied raping this victim.
12:57At this point, John Webb stuns detectives with an extraordinary admission about his own body, one he believed will prove his innocence.
13:06I've never heard this defence before and I'd be completely honest, it threw me a little bit.
13:24He'd made this claim in the hope that it would prove he was incapable of having sexual intercourse and that he was therefore not guilty.
13:33But detectives quickly discovered he had in fact fathered children and so it was clearly proven he was using a bogus defence.
13:43Which, you know, says to me that we're in a good stance in taking that case forward to the Crown Prosecution Service.
13:52As detectives were preparing their case for court, another victim came forward.
13:57Victim two actually gave me another name of a person that they disclosed the rape to.
14:05I have then contacted that person, where they have then said, he abused me as well.
14:11So John Webb has now been named as abusing three people in this case.
14:21This third victim was also a boy at the time of the assaults and his description of events left detectives in no doubt that Webb was the same offender.
14:31He has abused this person by ploughing them with a concoction of drugs and alcohol causing them to pass out.
14:41And this victim describes waking up on numerous occasions with John actually abusing them.
14:52This is John's MO. This is what he does.
14:56He's preyed on the vulnerable and then used medication to take advantage of these people.
15:02And the revelation that John Webb had made about his own body, that he first hoped would exonerate him, did the exact opposite as the third victim remembered John's anatomy.
15:15On one occasion, they remember waking up to see John standing over them.
15:22He said his penis was so small.
15:25For the victim then to actually talk about the size of it was just key in this investigation.
15:32Although he continued to deny ever exposing himself to the boy, this detail from the victim account was crucial.
15:40How would they know that if John has never told him, showed him or been in a situation for the victim to be able to describe that otherwise?
15:50How would you know that?
15:51I would go of you.
15:53With victim three giving such big detail really in relation to this investigation, this was really key.
16:01I could sit there and think this really is a strong case now moving forward, you know, to present it to the Crown Prosecution Service.
16:12In March 2024, John Charles Webb was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting three individuals between 1970 and the 1990s.
16:24He was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
16:26It's huge for any victim to come forward and talk, you know, talk about what's happened to them and I think all three in this case have been so brave.
16:39Finally, after all these years, these victims are starting to get a little bit of justice and they believed and that is what is so important in these investigations.
16:50that these victims who come forward, they need to be believed.
16:56This was an absolutely incredible result.
17:02This has given them the opportunity now to move forward in some sort of way.
17:08They can start to reach out to the right support mechanisms and fingers crossed, hopefully, start to get their lives back together.
17:21John Webb has ruined my life and stolen my childhood from me.
17:25I became anxious and closed up as I couldn't trust people.
17:32The only time I have been able to get on with my life is since speaking to police about it.
17:39I am glad to say that I have begun a difficult road to recovery.
17:47My story is not only one of survival, but also of the determination of a human being battling to overcome the most traumatic circumstances.
17:59With one abuser now safely behind bars, another set of detectives in Cardiff are on the hunt for an organised crime group using vulnerable teenagers to deal class A drugs.
18:15It's down to South Wales police to protect the victims and prove that the gang are committing modern day slavery offences.
18:21I hadn't ever dealt with a case like this before.
18:25It's a really callous operating model where they will maximise their profit in any way and if they can do it by exploiting young people, that's exactly what they'll do.
18:35Graham Budd is a retired police officer who spent years working on drug related investigations and he's now a drug expert for South Wales Police.
18:44Drugs supply has most certainly changed. You're now getting large gangs working and organising themselves to make higher profits.
18:56A lot of them are organised crime groups. Like most companies, they'll have its CEO and assistant managers and everything below that until you come to the shop floor worker, so to speak.
19:07These people at the coalface are now often young and vulnerable, acting as couriers or street dealers.
19:16Sometimes from difficult backgrounds, they're enticed into a gang for the perceived security status and money it offers them.
19:24They'll work usually for a financial gain or for other reasons such as peer pressure, the credence of actually being part of a gang,
19:34because that offers them probably a certain amount of protection or notoriety.
19:43People higher up will actively seek them out to work for them.
19:50They're quite often recruited by other young persons quite often who are doing the same job.
19:55So if they've got friends that are doing it, they'll drag them along and, you know, introduce them or they'll actively be sought.
20:04And quite often they're tricked into a permanent role of dealing drugs or currying drugs.
20:10There'll be some manufactured debt that they incur and they have to work that debt off.
20:19So it isn't unusual that a drug dealer might rob one of his own runners to make sure that they've got their claws into him deep.
20:28In 2024, labour exploitation was the most common form of slavery in the UK.
20:38This included young people involved in county lines drug trafficking, where they're forced to sell drugs on the street.
20:44Children that have or are still on the child protection register, you know, they've had such a horrendous upbringing really.
20:52So the environment they've grown up in, the parenting they've had or not had, social services interactions they've had,
20:59what they've witnessed as children from a young age, whether that be domestic violence,
21:04class A drug consumption in the household and just their mental health.
21:07And just most of these children, you know, they've left school way before they should have.
21:13They are some of the most vulnerable children in society.
21:20They can run from street to street delivering, where they'll be directed by someone higher up.
21:28Or they may just be put in a location where users will be sent to them by the controller of the drug line.
21:37So in this particular case, these children had a phone call every minute or two from their boss,
21:45telling them that the next customer wants two wraps of crack cocaine and then the next customer and the next customer.
21:54That's the most dangerous part of drug dealing is the actual supply to the end user.
21:59There's a large chance of being robbed, caught by the police and the main people within the drug group.
22:07It's worth them paying £50 a day for young children to take that risk on.
22:17Determined to catch the criminals controlling the teenagers, police ran extensive digital analysis on multiple phones they'd seized.
22:25We can look at the patterns of who's calling them, when they're being called, how many times a day they're being called,
22:33and identify those people who are controlling the line essentially.
22:37Two numbers were in regular contact with all the phones. These belonged to a county line operation called the CC Line.
22:46I'm aware of how busy the line was at the time. The name is used as a brand effectively to build up a reputation.
22:56But it's not just the brand that's important to the crime group.
23:02A telephone number itself, because it'll be embedded in a lot of users' heads,
23:07can be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds depending on the client base that that number is known to.
23:14Police were able to determine that the phones were controlled by two men at the top of the line.
23:24Cameron Farrar and Tyrese Jones.
23:27They are known to us. They have been convicted previously for similar offences.
23:31It was key then just to get them arrested, get them in custody.
23:35In March 2024, police executed arrest warrants.
23:42Cameron Farrar had actually been quite slippery to arrest, but in this instance we were lucky enough to have a telephone call from a member of the public telling us exactly where Cameron Farrar was.
23:56We had a team of people go there, we had helicopters up.
23:59One out the back, one out the back, three out the back and running.
24:04Farrar wasn't alone.
24:06They all try and get out the back of the address, they jump out and they try and get into the other gardens.
24:12You've got one in jeans with a black top, one in all grey and one in black and now staying in the garden.
24:17But because we added the helicopter up, we could see where they were going.
24:21There's one gone over.
24:22They took all their drugs with them, but because we just had police officers in place, ready.
24:26They're going last, going last, going last down the road.
24:30We were able to catch them really soon.
24:31We've got one going back towards the address, so officers at the front, or in the address, he's coming back in.
24:36Police arrested Farrar and two other men, Joshua Dunbar and Shaquille Lovell.
24:42When police searched the house, they found several kilos of heroin, mechanical presses, cash, and crucially, the phones they had identified as being used to control the CC line.
24:53Jones was arrested shortly after.
24:57When they've been arrested, we can safeguard the other potential victims.
25:02Police also raided an associates house where they found more incriminating evidence, including an image which shocked the team.
25:12There was a picture of his birthday cake.
25:14The cake is labelled as CC, and it's that the three sat together.
25:20The evidence in the case was compelling.
25:23We initially charged them with drug supply offences, but we were really determined to see if we could charge them with the exploitation offences, so we had to work closely with the CPS, Complex Case Unit.
25:35In 2021, new legislation was introduced, enabling judges to give more severe penalties for modern-day slavery or human trafficking offences.
25:49And so police wanted to charge their suspects with these more serious crimes.
25:54To do so, they needed to ensure they had a watertight case to secure the strongest convictions.
26:01This is totally new territory for us, especially with county lines investigations.
26:05We haven't charged anyone previously with modern-day slavery offences.
26:10Really difficult to investigate.
26:12What made it more challenging for the team was that the teenagers didn't see themselves as victims,
26:17and despite having asked for help, didn't cooperate with the police.
26:22It's very unlikely that juveniles are going to engage with us, because obviously they are going to be aware,
26:28should the matter go to court, potentially that interview is going to be read out in a court setting,
26:33and they're just fearful of repercussions.
26:37And you've really got to hit home with the evidence that you do have, paint the picture.
26:42The main bulk of the evidence in this case came from the call data.
26:48Obviously then we had the evidence from the children's phones,
26:51and we had the photographs to show the conditions that these children were in.
26:57The social workers' statements were really impactful,
27:00and we really got to understand just how easy it would be to get one of these children to do this type of thing.
27:07So those were the really key elements of this case.
27:09In March 2025, Cameron Farrah, Tyrese Jones and Shaquille Lovell all pled guilty.
27:18Farrah and Jones were both sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison
27:23for drug offences and two counts of modern slavery.
27:27Lovell was sentenced to six years and four months in prison
27:31for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
27:33And Joshua Dunbar was sentenced to 25 months in prison for money laundering.
27:37It's really important in cases like this we do get justice, and a massive part of that justice is ensuring that we can safeguard the young people, vulnerable people who do get exploited by gangs like this.
27:51I don't think people really understand sometimes just how much risk there is to police officers doing this type of work.
28:00The whole team, they work tirelessly to bring these people in front of the courts.
28:05Yeah, really happy with the outcome now that it's done and they're behind bars.
28:11This is only the second case in Wales where young teenagers have been treated as victims in modern day slavery case such as this.
28:18So yeah, immense satisfaction and pride.
28:21So yeah.
28:23I need to write.
28:24So.
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