Few years back it was romanian kidnap gangs, always on Facebook, same pattern, distraction and getting the kid into a car, happening all over the country BUT the newspapers never carried reports of kids being nicked, most snatches are parental,separated mum/dad,real child abduction in the UK is exceptionally rare.I think 99.9% of these reports are a modern phenomena, Facebook hysteria, social media allows the old neighbourhood gossips to reach out to a nationwide audience, I never forget seeing a dog had gone missing in Canada, everyone was sharing the description etc, then I saw "Shared Manch