The number of reports of child sexual exploitation and serious sexual allegations made against private hire drivers licensed in Wolverhampton have doubled in the last 3 years. Many of these Taxi Drivers have also been operating freely around England.
Fears have been raised drivers are “shopping around” to find the easiest way to obtain a licence, with a chaotic picture emerging of authorities powerless to control all cabbies in their area.
According to the BBC there have been seven allegations of child sexual exploitation (CSE) made, and 16 serious sexual allegations against drivers licensed in Wolverhampton. The report made furthest from the West Midlands city came from a complainant more than 150 miles away.
Some of the disgraceful allegations include:
A driver working in Southampton when a serious sexual allegation was made against him in October 2017
A Wolverhampton taxi driver accused of being involved in child sexual exploitation on 16 June 2017 in Bolsover, Derbyshire
A serious sexual allegation recorded as taking place in Mansfield, more than 70 miles away, on 3 October 2016
One allegation of CSE made in Shropshire in January 2018 along with two other serious sexual allegations in 2017.
In Telford, where authorities have dealt with a high-profile CSE scandal, a serious sexual allegation was reported in April 2018
A spokesperson for the Council said: “concerned that public safety is being threatened and environmental aspirations diluted in cases where drivers and vehicle proprietors ‘shop around’ to be licensed by local authorities that demand lower standards and then exclusively or predominantly work in an area or areas where standards are higher and licences more difficult to obtain”.
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