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<p>The CPS recognises that the exploitation, grooming, and trafficking of children
and young people is abhorrent and it takes great care to ensure the right people are
prosecuted for the right offences.</p><p> </p><p>Face to face training on the circumstances
in which a prosecution would not be appropriate has been delivered to in excess of
330 prosecutors dealing with high volume drug crime in Youth and Magistrates’ Courts
in the last three years. This includes training on section 45 of the Modern Slavery
Act 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS also delivers a face-to-face Youth Specialist course
which includes training on how to recognise the signs of exploitation and slavery
and has been delivered to in excess of 300 prosecutors this year. Both courses have
been adapted for delivery via videoconference during the Covid-19 crisis.</p>
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