An inquiry has found that child sexual exploitation is a "growing threat" to young people in Northern Ireland.
The Marshall inquiry also said it heard that individuals with links to paramilitary groups may have abused children.
The inquiry was commissioned last year after it emerged police had identified 22 people, aged between 13 and 18, who may have been sexually exploited.
The inquiry was led by Professor Kathleen Marshall who is a former commissioner for children and young people in Scotland.
For the past year, the inquiry has been examining the nature of child sexual exploitation and to what extent it has been taking place in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland's Health Minister Jim Wells outlined its findings today at Stormont.
He said it identified 100 to 145 children as being at risk of exploitation, but the number could be much higher.
The inquiry's report said that the abuse was not organised by paramilitary groups but by people who had influence because of their connection to the groups.
