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Three girls. S1e01. Controversieel drama. IMDB 8.7.

Powerful drama based on the experiences of three of the vulnerable young girls who were groomed, sexually abused and trafficked by British Pakistani men in Rochdale and of the failure of the authorities to do anything about it.
What happened in Rochdale?
After years of being suppressed by local authorities, the public were finally made aware in 2012 of the grooming, abuse and trafficking of young, predominantly white, girls in the town of Rochdale, Manchester. Gangs of men, predominantly of Pakistani origin, preyed on vulnerable girls by initially offering them drink, drugs and gifts, before raping and prostituting them.
A culture of victim blaming and, some have alleged, an eagerness not to appear racist meant police and social services were often unwilling to take the rumours of widespread exploitation seriously. That many of the victims came from council estates and poor backgrounds also provoked authorities to express little sympathy or interest in helping them.
One girl, known as Girl A, was 15 years old and being driven to various locations to be raped by up to five men a night. When she became pregnant and teachers became concerned at the number of Pakistani men picking her up from school, the girl went to the police.
Three Girls was made with the full support of the victims and their families and details how the young women were plied with alcohol and drugs before being abused, why their calls for aid were initially ignored by authorities, and how their horrifying world was eventually blown open thanks to the work of Sara Rowbotham.
Authorities were then forced to apologise for failing to stop the abuse sooner.
Deze serie leidde tot discussies in de Britse pers. Controversieel is de serie vanwege de realistische scenes.