North Wales Police are supporting National Child Exploitation Awareness (CEA) Day on Thursday March 18th.

CEA Day aims to highlight the issues surrounding Child Exploitation; encouraging everyone to think, spot and speak out against abuse and adopt a zero tolerance to adults developing inappropriate relationships with children or children exploiting and abusing their peers.

Spot the signs:

- Becoming especially secretive
- Stopping engaging with usual friends
- Associating with older men or women
- Going missing from home
- Defensive about location and activities
- Receiving odd calls and messages
- Possessing new, expensive items

Officers will be sharing #HelpingHands pledges throughout the day to raise awareness of child exploitation and to improve the chances of a young person being heard and to deter sexual predators, modern slavery and trafficking.

Find out more about the signs on exploitation on the NWG website.