In a new documentary for BBC Three, journalist Livvy Haydock investigates the rise of vigilante groups who, without official endorsement from the police, target suspected paedophiles.
With access to two UK-based paedophile hunting groups, Guardians Of The North from Sunderland and Predator Exposure in Leeds, Livvy observes their methods and stings to discover first-hand whether these groups are helping or hindering the police in their attempts to administer justice. The police have publicly said that they are struggling to tackle the increase in online child sex predators. The hunters say they are trying to help tackle the threat. While some of the evidence that the hunters gather is used in some cases to charge suspects, the police are concerned about people being wrongly targeted and hurt. As well as some groups naming and shaming people online before police can assess any evidence.
Livvy Haydock explores the secretive world of gang girls, to understand the real stories behind the rising trend in sexual exploitation and violence against girls by gang members - and discovers how quickly female victims turn perpetrators.
From the landlords who house migrant workers like sardines, to the white van men who exploit them, who's benefiting from the underground jobs market and what are the tragic costs?
Documentary maker Livvy Haydock investigates the rise of contraband inside UK prisons, and uncovers the links in the chain on both sides of the law. She spends time with criminals who are making 10 times a drug’s street value by selling to prisoners behind bars, including a ‘networker’, a key link in the chain who sources goods on the outside and gets them to whichever inmate has made an order via the mule.
