TWO Bradford men are among 42 people who have been charged with offences as part of a police operation into child sexual offending.

The men and women have been charged with a variety of mainly sexual offences as part of an investigation into non-recent child sexual exploitation.

The allegations against the defendants involve offences committed against six female victims, who were children at the time the alleged offending began.

Those alleged offences occurred between 1995 and 2015, largely in the Dewsbury and Batley areas of Kirklees.

The men and women are due to appear at Leeds Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

Those charged are: Donna Lynn, 41, from Heckmondwike, charged with causing the prostitution of a girl under 16, allowing a premises to be used for unlawful sexual intercourse, procuring a female under 21, and controlling prostitution

Mohammed Yakub, 64, from Dewsbury, charged with an offence of rape.

Nasir Billimoria, 68, from Batley, charged with an offence of rape, and procuring a female under 21.

Yousuf Motala, 69, from Dewsbury, charged with an offence of rape.

Ebrahim Mamaniatt, 52, from Batley, charged with an offence of rape.

Liaquat Ali, 65, from Batley, charged with an offence of rape.

Hashim Sacha, 53, from Batley charged with an offence of rape.

Nobhar Shah, 69, from Batley charged with two offences of rape and living on the earnings of prostitution.

Ibrahim Khalifa, 83, from Bradford charged with an offence of rape.

Manaf Hussain, 47, from Heckmondwike charged with an offence of rape.

Maria O’Rouke, 42, from Batley charged with causing the prostitution of a girl under 16, allowing a premises to be used for unlawful sexual intercourse and controlling prostitution.

Riaz Shaikh, 57, from Dewsbury charged with an offence of rape and an offence of indecent assault.

Amjid Rangzeb, 43, from Batley charged with an offence of rape and an offence of false imprisonment.

Liaquat Hussain Hanif, 45, from Batley charged with an offence of rape.

Shakeel Haq, 44, from Birmingham, charged with an offence of rape and an offence of false imprisonment.

Rafiq Patel, 69, from Batley charged with an offence of rape.

Mohammed Abbas, 60, from Dewsbury charged with an offence of rape.

Shafaquat Afzal Hussain, 45, from Dewsbury charged with an offence of rape.

Tariq Azam, 52, from Dewsbury charged with three offences of rape and three offences of indecent assault.

Aurrangzeb Azam, 50, from Dewsbury charged with three offences of rape, two offences of indecent assault and an offence of false imprisonment.

Israr Hussain, 46, from Dewsbury charged with three offences of rape, two offences of indecent assault and an offence of false imprisonment.

Mohammed Sheikh, 48, from Batley charged with an offence of rape and an offence of indecent assault.

Mohammed Tariq, 62, from Bradford charged with two offences of rape.

Sajid Majid, 48, from Mirfield charged with an offence of rape and an offence of indecent assault.

Zulfiquar Ali, 42, from Dewsbury charged with an offence of rape.

Ansar Mahmood Qayum, 44, from Dewsbury charged with an offence of rape and an offence of indecent assault.

Mohammed Jabbar Qayum, 40, from Dewsbury charged with an offence of rape.

Shafiq Siddique, 52, from Dewsbury charged with an offence of rape and an offence of false imprisonment.

Mohammed Ishtiaq Hussain, 47, from Dewsbury charged with an offence of rape.

Abbas Kaji, 52, from Batley charged with an offence of rape.

Mohammed Farooq, 52, from Dewsbury charged with an offence of rape.

Tasawar Hussain, 42, from Heckmondwike charged with an offence of rape.

Mohammed Munir Shaffi, 43, from Dewsbury charged with two offences of rape.

Zaheed Ali Novsarka, 53, from Batley charged with an offence of rape.

Nassar Liaquat Khan, 42, from Keighley charged with an offence of rape.

Mohammed Riaz Khan, 47, from Heckmondwike charged with an offence of rape.

Mohammed Luqman Daji, 44, from Dewsbury charged with an offence of rape.

Mohammed Ramzan, 64, from Dewsbury charged with an offence of rape.

Janine Green, 44, from Batley charged with encouraging prostitution, allowing premises to be used for unlawful sexual intercourse and controlling prostitution.

Ali Shan Waheed, 41, from Dewsbury charged with rape.

Ismail Seedat, 51, from Batley charged with indecent assault.

Mohammed Yasin, 48, from Batley charged with rape.