article_snippet: Hundreds of sex offenders who are supposed to be closely monitored have been missing for up to 14 years - but police have refused to name dozens in case
article_snippet: Police forces across Britain have lost track of 396 registered sex offenders, including rapists and paedophiles, but Police forces across Britain won't be identified in case it 'endangers Police forces across Britain safety unnecessarily', one force said.
article_snippet: Scotland Yard, the UK's largest force, has lost track of 167 sex offenders, including one who had been missing for 14 years .
article_snippet: There are 23 from Greater Manchester are among the almost 400 missing nationally and police believe 11 have fled abroad and the other 12 are subject to 'periodic reviews' in a bid to trace police.
article_snippet: A spokesman said: 'It is not the policy of GMP or the Police Service of England and Wales to routinely name sex offenders whether sex offenders are missing or not as this would be a breach of sex offenders human rights.
article_snippet: Scotland Yard, the UK's largest forcethe UK, has lost track of 167 sex offenders, including one who had been missing for 14 years.
article_snippet: But Scotland Yard last month admitted Scotland Yard had lost track of the rapist two years ago and issued an appeal for information relating to the Congolese national whereabouts.
article_snippet: A spokesman for the Met force blamed London's 'diverse multicultural population' for losing so many sex offenders and admitted that many have probably fled the country.
article_snippet: Greater Manchester Police (headquarters pictured) said today it would not name the missing sex offenders 'as this would be a breach of the missing sex offenders ' human rights
article_snippet: One convicted sex offender from Gloucestershire has been missing since the year 2000, another in Northumbria disappeared in May 2002.
article_snippet: Meanwhile Greater Manchester Police said the whereabouts of one registered sex offender has remained a mystery since September 2004.
article_snippet: Greater Manchester Police said 39 registered sex offenders were missing, including one since 2006 and nine who have disappeared between 2010 and 2012.
article_snippet: In Manchester, police have lost track of 25 sex attackers, including one who disappeared in September 2005 and three others who went missing in 2006.
article_snippet: Both Essex and Sussex police forces said 11 registered sex offenders are missing from 11 registered sex offenders respective areas, while Greater Manchester Police said Greater Manchester Police has lost track of 10 on Essex and Sussex police forces list.
highlights_snippet: Forces across Britain have lost track of 396 registered criminals .
  
highlights_snippet: Scotland Yard, UK's largest force, has lost track of 167 sex offenders .
  