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Episode 1: Their World

When children become drug dealers. An investigation into Britain's county lines crisis, where criminal gangs systematically groom young people to traffic drugs across the country.

This powerful and highly personal series investigates how criminal networks systematically exploit vulnerable young people, transforming them from ordinary schoolchildren into drug dealers through manipulation, violence, and trauma. An estimated 50,000 children in Britain have been groomed into county lines drug trafficking, yet their stories remain largely hidden.

In this first episode, Phoebe McIndoe hears from those caught in the web of county lines. Between the promise of quick money and the reality of extreme violence, we reveal how Britain's drug trade is being built on the backs of traumatized children, and why the system often fails to protect them.

Presented by Phoebe McIndoe
Produced by Redzi Bernard and Phoebe McIndoe
With original music by Phoebe McIndoe
A Falling Tree production for 大象传媒 Radio 4

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 1 Dec 2024 17:10

Broadcasts

  • Mon 25 Nov 2024 11:00
  • Sun 1 Dec 2024 17:10