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@Chronic-Yonic @GrumpyOldNurse https://thecritic.co.uk/why-the-police-keep-losing-sex-offenders/

It started with Jack Morgan. A rumour I heard in Ukraine turned out to be true — a British paedophile had managed to get a job working with orphans in the warzone. This story I wrote was eventually published by the Telegraph, where we challenged the Scottish-registered charity for failing to run any checks on its employees. The months of messages to court officials and police about this case also gave me a window into how hundreds more registered sex-offenders in Britain are disappearing from records — by travelling between force areas, travelling abroad, or changing their names. This is what happened.

Jack Morgan wasn’t the paedophile’s real name. He was convicted under the name Lee Callaghan, and spent two years in prison before reoffending under his new name. He travelled from Britain to Ukraine without being stopped because his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) did not include a travel ban. When a travel ban is issued, an offender’s record is shared by the court with the UK passport authority. Where no ban exists, the court relies on an offender’s honesty to let their local police station know they are planning a foreign trip. Morgan didn’t.

As soon as Morgan entered Ukraine he became Ukraine’s problem.