article_snippet.sent: South Yorkshire Police missed 'intelligence and investigative opportunities' to tackle child sex exploitation in Rotherham, a report has found.
article_snippet.sent: A host of failings left gangs  free to rape, traffic and sexually abuse at least 1,400 children  in the town between 1997 and 2013, an inquiry by the National Crime Agency (NCA) concluded.
article_snippet.sent: South Yorkshire Police missed 'intelligence and investigative opportunities' to tackle child sex exploitation in Rotherham, pictured, a report has found.
article_snippet.sent: Over the years, intelligence and investigative opportunities in relation to child sexual exploitation have been overlooked by South Yorkshire Police,' it stated.
article_snippet.sent: Two of the investigations into child sex exploitation did not result in any cases being brought to court.
highlights_snippet.sent: Concluded police failings left gangs free to prey on children in Rotherham .
  