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13/03/2013
Prosecutor Says 'Significant Arrests' To Continue
A number of "significant" arrests of people suspected of sexual abuse are being planned in the coming weeks, a senior prosecutor has said.
The arrests come in the wake of the Jimmy Savile revelations and subsequent investigations, Nazir Afzal, chief crown prosecutor for north-west England, said, adding that child sex abuse was "more widespread than we ever imagined".
Mr Afzal comments were made at a seminar organised by the think-tank Policy Exchange.
Scotland Yard has so far detained 11 people under Operation Yewtree, its inquiry into historical allegations of sexual abuse linked to the entertainment industry.
The prosecutor said: "There are significant arrests scheduled for the next few weeks."
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The arrests come in the wake of the Jimmy Savile revelations and subsequent investigations, Nazir Afzal, chief crown prosecutor for north-west England, said, adding that child sex abuse was "more widespread than we ever imagined".
Mr Afzal comments were made at a seminar organised by the think-tank Policy Exchange.
Scotland Yard has so far detained 11 people under Operation Yewtree, its inquiry into historical allegations of sexual abuse linked to the entertainment industry.
The prosecutor said: "There are significant arrests scheduled for the next few weeks."
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