article_snippet: Greater Manchester Police   confirmed a person convicted of sex offences has disappeared from Bolton area and could be anywhere in the UK.
article_snippet: Greater Manchester Police have admitted Greater Manchester Police are attempting to trace a missing sex offender but will not release the name or gender of the individual .
article_snippet: Detective Superintendent Jon Chadwick said there were 2,700 registered sex offenders in Greater Manchester, with more than 600 subject to Sexual Offences Prevention Orders.
article_snippet: Detective Superintendent Jon Chadwick said: 'A large proportion of the recorded missing/wanted sex offenders are either known or believed to be living abroad or have returned to A large proportion of the recorded missing/wanted sex offenders country of origin. '
article_snippet: Of the 23 registered sex offenders registered in GMP whose whereabouts are currently unknown, 11 are strongly believed to be abroad and checks are in place should checks return to the UK. '
article_snippet: Earlier this month, freedom of information requests were sent to every police force in the UK to find out the number of missing registered sex offenders .
article_snippet: Earlier this month, freedom of information requests were sent to every police force in the UK to find out the number of missing registered sex offenders.
article_snippet: Scotland Yard said the whereabouts of 167 registered sex offenders were unknown and the longest period of time an offender had been missing was 14 years, every police force in the UK said.
article_snippet: Cheshire Police refuse to name a missing registered sex offender - over fears of a vigilante attack saying one registered sex offender was missing but refused to say when Cheshire Police whereabouts became unknown.
article_snippet: Cheshire Police said three registered sex offenders were missing, as of March 3, and all three had gone missing this year.
highlights_snippet: Greater Manchester Police  trying to trace a  sex offender from Bolton area .
  