(BBC) Eleven men have been charged in connection with investigations into the grooming and sexual abuse of teenage girls.
The men from Greater Manchester are accused of abuse against three girls in Rochdale between 2000 and 2006.
Nine are charged with rape of an underage girl, with other charges including trafficking persons into the UK for sexual exploitation.
They are due at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.
The charges relate to Greater Manchester Police’s Operation Lytton — part of an investigation into historical sex offences against children.
