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The Giant Rat balloon installed in front of the building denounces a corporation that underpays workers and collects food for the families of the exploited people around the Thanksgiving period.
Our investigations into non-recent child sexual exploitation are ramping up with five suspects arrested in relation to reports of abuse in Oldham between 2011 and 2014.
Detectives in our dedicated CSE Major Incident Team have been working closely with the survivors at the centre of these cases, gathering evidence and intelligence, with unwavering determination to bring child abusers to justice.
This action involved the execution of five warrants simultaneously at addresses in Oldham, Tameside, and Manchester.
These offences follow a disclosure from an Oldham survivor that forms part of a complex and wide-ranging investigation codenamed ‘Operation Sherwood’ which draws on our effective partnership with Oldham Council.
We have previously arrested six suspects as part of this investigation. They were placed on police bail with significant child protection conditions to adhere to, whilst our investigation continues.
The five men arrested this morning remain in custody for questioning.
The suspects are not necessarily all linked, but they collectively relate to four survivors we are supporting.
Assistant Chief Constable Steph Parker, lead for Protecting Vulnerable People, said: “The survivors at the centre of these cases have placed their trust in the GMP of today, and have the confidence to support prosecutions, which we hold to the highest regard.
“We are working closely with them, while they receive tailored support from partnership agencies, moving forward at a pace and in a manner that is right for them.
“Our investigative teams are piecing together all the evidence and taking robust action as soon as we can. Bringing child abusers to justice is why our detectives work so tirelessly day-in day-out. It’s essential we get this right and build strong case files to present the best possible case in court.
“We are now making significant strides in our pursuit and activity is only going to continue ramping up. We will not allow time to be a barrier to justice and any abusers in Oldham or beyond should be warned that we are coming for them.”
If you or someone you know has been raped or sexually assaulted, we encourage you not to suffer in silence and report it to the police, or a support agency so you can get the help and support available.
- Saint Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Manchester provides a comprehensive and co-ordinated response to men,
women and children who live or have been sexually assaulted within Greater Manchester.
They offer forensic medical examinations, practical and emotional support as well as a counselling service for all ages. Services are available on a 24-hour basis and can be accessed by calling 0161 276 6515.
Greater Manchester Rape Crisis is a confidential information, support and counselling service run by women for women over 18 who have been raped or sexually abused at any time in their lives. Call on 0161 273 4500 or email help@manchesterrapecrisis.co.uk
Survivors Manchester provides specialist trauma informed support to male victims in Greater Manchester who have experienced sexual abuse, rape, or sexual exploitation. Call 0161 236 2182.
Double exploit de Stéphane « Atch » Chaufourier qui organisait sa Supreme League de MMA ce dimanche 21 à Aubervilliers. Verdict : un bon millier d’aficionados, et les combattants de la Atch Academy qui infligent un 5-0 à la Snake Team !
Silicified stromatolite boundstone with oolites from the Precambrian of Minnesota, USA. (cut surface)
Northern Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range has numerous iron mines that exploit the Biwabik Iron-Formation (upper Paleoproterozoic, ~1.878 billion years). The Biwabik contains numerous iron-rich lithologies. The most visually intriguing lithology is stromatolitic ferruginous chert (stromatolitic jasper) (a.k.a. “Mary Ellen Jasper”). Stromatolites also occur in other specific lithologies - this specimen is a silicified stromatolite boundstone. Oolites are common in the sediment infilling between the stromatolites. The light-colored, convex-upward, layered, columnal structures in the rock are the stromatolites, which are built up by mats of cyanobacteria living in (typically) very shallow marine settings. The layering of stromatolites is principally the result of tidally rhythmic deposition of sediments atop the cyanobacterial mats.
These stromatolites have been assigned to Collenia undosa.
What’s especially intriguing about “Mary Ellen Jasper” and other stromatolite rocks in the Biwabik Iron-Formation is the sinuosity of the stromatolite columns. This has been considered to represent tracking of the sun over many seasons. Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic and, like sunflowers, they “want to face the Sun”, wherever it is. Summer-winter seasonal changes in the sun's position in the sky will be expected to result in stromatolite sinuosity.
Precambrian sinuous stromatolites from elsewhere have been used to show that the number of days per year has changed through time. Earth used to be rotating much more quickly than at present. The duration of the year hasn’t changed through time, but the rotation rate has. The early Earth had more than 1000 days per year!
Stratigraphy: Biwabik Iron-Formation, Paleoproterozoic, ~1.878 Ga
Locality: near the Mary Ellen Mine, near Biwabik, central St. Louis County, northeastern Minnesota, USA
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Taken at a raspberry patch where Vanessa regularly gets them for her oatmeal. I'm more of a blueberry gal :)
During the University of Delaware’s Elder Abuse and Exploitation Conference on May 12 at Clayton Hall, Secretary Landgraf urged people who investigate such cases to be aware that victims also could be suffering from such childhood traumas as sexual, physical or emotional abuse, mental illness, addiction or domestic abuse in the household, or emotional or physical neglect. Long-held trauma, in fact, overwhelms a person’s coping resources, she said.
The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Survey of more than 17,000 adults found that such experiences are common, with two-thirds of participants reporting at least one ACE. For seniors with four or more ACEs, the risk for such long-term health complications as alcoholism, depression, stroke, heart disease and obesity greatly increase. That’s why, Secretary Landgraf said, trauma threatens healthy aging, including raising the risk for abuse, exploitation, mental illness, and suicide. She urged professions and advocates to assume trauma exists in their clients, to listen when they speak, and to ask the non-judgmental question: “What happened to you?” as a way to encourage them to disclose.
Joining Secretary Landgraf as speakers at the conference were Karen F. Stein, UD professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration, on the lack of greater awareness of elder abuse; Philip C. Marshall on the Brooke Astor Story and its lessons for elder justice; and Elizabeth Loewy, on the invisible epidemic of elder financial abuse. “Elder abuse is coming out of the shadows,” Stein said, pointing to mentions of it on popular TV shows.
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is June 15. To report a suspected case of abuse, neglect or exploitation in Delaware, call 1-800-223-9074.
WASHINGTON, DC: National Center for Missing & Exploited (NCMEC) 2023 Hope Gala, Sept. 14, 2023
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) Hope Gala held on Sept. 14, 2023, at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The event is a celebration of the inspiring work being done globally to protect children. We recognized leaders in child safety, honor survivors, and remember the families and victims who are still seeking justice and safety. Every child deserves a safe childhood. Claire Edkins/NCMEC
WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) 2025 Hope Gala at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery on Sept. 17, 2025. Photo by Samantha C. Banavong.
NCMEC’s signature fundraiser is more than a night of celebration—Hope Gala is a powerful call to action for children. Every story shared and every dollar raised brings us closer to a world where every child is safe.
For more than 40 years, NCMEC has led the fight to protect children, support families, and bring hope to those impacted by abduction and exploitation. The evening united survivors, advocates, law enforcement, and leaders from across the country around one goal: protecting childhood.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) 2025 Hope Gala at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery on Sept. 17, 2025. Photo by Samantha C. Banavong.
NCMEC’s signature fundraiser is more than a night of celebration—Hope Gala is a powerful call to action for children. Every story shared and every dollar raised brings us closer to a world where every child is safe.
For more than 40 years, NCMEC has led the fight to protect children, support families, and bring hope to those impacted by abduction and exploitation. The evening united survivors, advocates, law enforcement, and leaders from across the country around one goal: protecting childhood.
Site of the now-demolished bridge which once linked the two islands. After the community was resettled, the bridge deteriorated and the remaining inhabitants started losing sheep through holes in the walkway, until the Canadian Forces blew it up.
WASHINGTON, DC: National Center for Missing & Exploited (NCMEC) 2023 Hope Gala, Sept. 14, 2023
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) Hope Gala held on Sept. 14, 2023, at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The event is a celebration of the inspiring work being done globally to protect children. We recognized leaders in child safety, honor survivors, and remember the families and victims who are still seeking justice and safety. Every child deserves a safe childhood. Claire Edkins/NCMEC
WASHINGTON, DC: National Center for Missing & Exploited (NCMEC) 2023 Hope Gala, Sept. 14, 2023
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) Hope Gala held on Sept. 14, 2023, at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The event is a celebration of the inspiring work being done globally to protect children. We recognized leaders in child safety, honor survivors, and remember the families and victims who are still seeking justice and safety. Every child deserves a safe childhood. Claire Edkins/NCMEC
WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) 2025 Hope Gala at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery on Sept. 17, 2025. Photo by Samantha C. Banavong.
NCMEC’s signature fundraiser is more than a night of celebration—Hope Gala is a powerful call to action for children. Every story shared and every dollar raised brings us closer to a world where every child is safe.
For more than 40 years, NCMEC has led the fight to protect children, support families, and bring hope to those impacted by abduction and exploitation. The evening united survivors, advocates, law enforcement, and leaders from across the country around one goal: protecting childhood.