MP Inquiry Reveals Grooming Gangs Trafficked British Girls to Pakistan as Sex Slaves

In a chilling escalation of Britain’s long-buried grooming gangs scandal, an independent inquiry led by MP Rupert Lowe has exposed evidence that predominantly Pakistani Muslim men not only systematically raped and abused vulnerable young girls across England but also attempted to traffic them to Pakistan and other countries as sex slaves.

Survivors’ testimonies paint a picture of calculated evil, where abusers exploited racial and religious prejudices to justify their atrocities, leaving countless victims trapped in cycles of torment. Lowe warns that many British women may still be held captive overseas, a reality that demands immediate government action to uncover the full scope of this horror.

The inquiry, which kicked off in London earlier this month, draws from firsthand accounts of women who endured years of abuse starting as children. One survivor recounted how her abusers tried to lure her to Pakistan under the guise of meeting their families, thwarted only because she lacked a passport.

“They said they wanted to take me back to meet their families,” she testified. “So luckily I didn’t have a passport, otherwise I might not be sat here right now.”

This attempt was no isolated ploy; multiple witnesses described similar efforts, raising alarms that successful traffickings have occurred on a vast scale. Lowe has publicly stated, “Our inquiry has uncovered multiple rape gang survivors who had their abusers attempt to traffic them overseas to Pakistan and elsewhere. They failed. How many did not?”

These networks operated like well-oiled machines, spanning cities such as Derby, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Leeds, and Barnsley. Victims were shuttled between locations, passed around like commodities in a “conveyor belt” of exploitation. One woman described being taken to a house in Burton, where men arrived in waves to abuse her. The violence went far beyond rape—it included beatings, kidnappings, and threats at knifepoint or gunpoint.

“I’ve had a knife at my throat because he wanted me to ‘sort out’ 10, 15 cars full of men,” she said. “I’d get kidnapped. I don’t think people realise, I think they think it’s rape, but it was torture as well.”

A disturbing racial and religious undercurrent fueled much of the abuse. Abusers invoked twisted interpretations of faith, telling victims they were “possessed” by a bad angel that needed to be punished through rape to “get the badness out.”

Derogatory slurs like “gora”—meaning white trash—were hurled to demean the girls, who were often targeted because they were white and from working-class backgrounds. During Islamic festivals like Eid, some gangs escalated their depravity, bringing in relatives from other cities expecting to partake in the abuse at “party houses.”

This pattern suggests a cultural entitlement that viewed these girls as disposable, a factor that inquiries have repeatedly identified but authorities have shied away from confronting head-on.

Institutional failures amplified the nightmare. Police officers dismissed complaints with smirks, leaving without action even when confronted with clear evidence of coercion. “The police didn’t do anything last time,” one victim recalled.

“I told them that it was essentially forced. And they smirked at me in my own home and left.” The National Health Service also fell short; reports of sexually transmitted diseases and miscarriages in a 13-year-old went unaddressed, allowing the cycle to continue.

Lowe pulls no punches on this complicity: “Hundreds, if not more” in positions of power—politicians, police, council officials, NHS staff, and social care workers—knew about the rapes and did nothing. He demands prosecutions, insisting, “I want to see senior police officers in prison.”

To force government response, Lowe tabled a parliamentary motion titled “Rape Gang Overseas Trafficking,” calling for a urgent national investigation into the export of victims. The motion highlights how such trafficking would constitute human trafficking and modern slavery, underscoring profound safeguarding lapses by public authorities. In a recent House of Commons debate, Lowe pressed Home Secretary Yvette Cooper for an immediate probe, but her response was deemed inadequate, fueling frustration among advocates.

This push comes amid broader criticism that official inquiries, like the one promised by Labour and led by former Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield, may whitewash the ethnic and religious dimensions or limit their scope to avoid uncomfortable truths.

The scandal’s roots trace back decades, with documented cases in towns like Rotherham and Rochdale where gangs of mostly Pakistani heritage men preyed on thousands of girls. Official reports have estimated over 1,400 victims in Rotherham alone, but the true number across England could be exponentially higher. What was once dismissed as isolated incidents has revealed itself as a nationwide epidemic, enabled by fears of racism accusations that paralyzed law enforcement. As one parliamentary discussion noted, victims were “first abused by vile predators, they were then let down by the authorities who should have protected them.”

Public outcry is building, with social media amplifying survivors’ voices and demanding accountability. Posts from concerned citizens highlight the inquiry’s findings, urging a judge-led national probe to expose every layer of failure. Critics on the left, including some media outlets, accuse the right of exploiting the issue for political gain, but such deflections ignore the victims’ pleas for justice regardless of ideology. Lowe’s crowdfunded inquiry, having raised over £600,000, stands as a testament to grassroots determination when official channels drag their feet.

This inquiry isn’t just about past horrors—it’s a clarion call to prevent future ones. If British girls are indeed languishing as sex slaves in Pakistan today, every day of delay compounds the betrayal. Lowe’s stark assessment rings true: “I believe there are currently countless British women being used as sex slaves overseas. This may sound insane. It is not.” The time for half-measures is over; a full reckoning must begin, holding the guilty accountable and restoring faith in a system that failed so spectacularly.