The UK government has started a national independent inquiry to investigate why the system failed to protect children from group-based sexual exploitation. The investigation will first focus on four specific urban areas.

英國政府已啟動一項全國性獨立調查，以研究系統為何未能保護兒童免於集體性剝削。該調查將首先聚焦於四個特定的城市地區。

The inquiry, led by Baroness Anne Longfield, has chosen London, Oldham, Bradford, and Keighley as the main locations for its first stage. London was selected because it has a high number of reports regarding child sexual exploitation and is seen as a central point in a larger national network. Furthermore, the team will look back at previous reviews in Oxford and Rotherham to see if the changes made there actually worked.

由 Anne Longfield 男爵夫人領導的調查，選擇了倫敦、奧德姆、布拉德福德和基利作為第一階段的主要地點。選擇倫敦是因為該地關於兒童性剝削的報告數量較高，且被視為更大全國網絡的中心。此外，團隊將回顧先前在牛津和羅瑟勒姆進行的審查，以確認當地的改變是否真正有效。

A major part of the investigation is holding institutions accountable. The inquiry has the power to demand evidence and testimony from government departments, local councils, the NHS, and the police. One key goal is to check about 800 previous recommendations regarding child abuse; however, the team has already noted that these instructions were not followed consistently. Additionally, a later phase will examine how technology and tech companies have been used to help commit these crimes.

調查的一個重點是追究機構責任。調查組有權要求政府部門、地方議會、NHS 和警方提供證據與證詞。其中一個關鍵目標是檢查約 800 條關於虐童的既往建議；然而，團隊已注意到這些指示並未被一致地執行。此外，後續階段將研究科技與科技公司如何被利用以協助犯下這些罪行。

At the same time, 'Operation Beaconport' has been created to review closed case files from January 2010 to March 2025. This operation focuses on cases with multiple living suspects where no action was taken previously. Although the Home Office has provided nearly £38 million in funding, some police sources believe this is not enough. This whole process follows a report by Louise Casey, who argued that the high number of men of Asian ethnicity involved in exploiting white teenage girls required a deeper investigation, a point which the government later accepted.

與此同時，「Beaconport 行動」已成立，用以審查 2010 年 1 月至 2025 年 3 月間已結案的檔案。此行動聚焦於具有多名在世嫌疑人且先前未採取行動的案件。儘管內政部提供了近 3,800 萬英鎊的資金，但部分警方消息人士認為這仍不足夠。整個過程是基於 Louise Casey 的一份報告，她主張大量亞裔男性參與剝削白人少女的情況需要更深入的調查，這一點隨後得到了政府的認可。

The inquiry has now begun its first hearings, focusing on the failures of official institutions and the review of specific high-risk areas.

該調查目前已開始首輪聆訊，重點在於研究官方機構的失職以及審查特定的高風險地區。