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A 21-year-old Chilean man was arrested at LAX after officials say he met a girl playing Roblox online, groomed her and flew to the U.S. in an attempt to meet her.

Coercive control, Ms Studd said, was "a form of grooming and manipulation where the victim becomes less and less able to respond in what might be perceived as a normal way".

A man who travelled from the US to Wales to "marry" a 15-year-old girl he groomed online has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

An Orange County high school wrestling coach has been arrested on suspicion of grooming young female athletes and coercing them into sex, authorities said.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has insisted local inquiries into grooming gangs in five towns are still going ahead despite claims the plans have been watered down.