A sister's experience of county lines: The business model

Sara (a pseudonym) speaks to Research in Practice Assistant Director Susannah Bowyer about her experience of being a family member of someone who is being criminally exploited. This episode focuses on how county lines is a business model and how it increasingly took over her brother’s life. It gives more detail about how the operation is run and how there is a tight schedule for those involved. It talks about how family life was affected, what would have helped, being a victim and a perpetrator as well as what rewards there were for him including the role of ‘power’. This is the second episode in a series on county lines.