Zia Yusuf has sent a strong message about one of the worst failures in British history. He says the grooming gangs scandal is the greatest state failure Britain has ever seen. Public bodies and politicians helped, or failed to stop, the mass rape and sexual exploitation of thousands of children. What Happened For many years, gangs – mostly men of Pakistani heritage – targeted young girls. The victims were mainly white working-class girls. Instead of protecting the children, m