Underage Knife Trade: Tackling Online Weapons Trafficking
Policing minister Sarah Jones reveals children as young as 12 are buying and selling knives on the internet, sparking calls for greater regulation.
Children as young as 12 are now setting up online businesses to buy and sell knives and other weapons, according to Sarah Jones, the UK's Policing and Crime Minister. This concerning trend has prompted calls for the government to crack down hard on the illicit online trade of these dangerous items.
Speaking at the opening of the new National Knife Crime Centre in London, Jones revealed that youngsters are treating the sale of knives in a similar way to how they might trade clothes or other goods online. This easy access to weapons through digital platforms is fueling the UK's ongoing knife crime epidemic, which has led to hundreds of deaths in recent years.
Source: The Guardian
