County Lines

Question 1

What does county lines stand for

Answer 1

C- crime/ incident
O- organised crime
U- unusual activity
N- new people to the area
T- transport and telephones
Y- young and vulnerable
L- listen
I- identify the subjects
N- note source details 
E- explore
S- safeguard

Question 2

What is county lines?

Answer 2

A major cross cutting issue involving drugs, violence, gangs, safeguarding, criminal and sexual exploitation, modern slavery and missing person, the response to tackle it involves the police, NCA, a wide range of government departments, local governments and voluntary and community sector organisations

Question 3

Human trafficking

Answer 3

Moving children around the country

County lines will often rotate operatives to prevent police being aware

Question 4

Child sexual exploitation

Answer 4

Grooming of MISPERs and most vulnerable children

Question 5

Exploitation of children

Answer 5

Runners, dealers and couriers as young as 14

Expendable resource- controlled by fear and violence

Question 6

Exploitation of vulnerable adults

Answer 6

Cuckooing

Drug users, sex workers, elderly and mentally ill

Question 7

Drug marks and supply

Answer 7

High purity, generous deals- increased drug death

Violence enforcement of drug debts and taxing of other dealers