A group of self-appointed online "paedophile hunters" has reformed more than a year after it folded.
Letzgo Hunting, whose members are from the Hinckley area, closed down in September, 2013
The group attracted controversy for its tactic of identifying suspected sex offenders by posing as teenage girls on social networking sites.
Its adult decoys engaged men in conversation and, when they believed they had evidence the men were sexually attracted to children, agreed to meet them in public places while still posing as the teenage girl.
At the meeting, the decoys revealed their real identities.
The group, set up by Hinckley dad 'John', says a return is necessary because of the scale of underage internet grooming .
They filmed the encounters and posted the footage online, before passing their material – including transcripts of online exchanges – to police.
Before it folded Letzgo Hunting was linked with the suicide of a Leicestershire man it had confronted and accused of attempting to groom a child.
The man, who was arrested, interviewed and released on bail by police as a result, was found hanging in his home four days later.
But "John" says the reason the group folded was because a similar group posted his details online, putting him and his family at risk.
"John" says they are now liaising with police over arresting suspected child sex abusers at meets and since they reformed eight suspected paedophiles have been arrested - four of them in Leicester.
He said: "We inform police in advance of the meets and on December 10 we met a man at St Margaret's bus station in Leicester.
"The police were there to arrest him on suspicion of attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming and we were there to film it.
"The police's official stance is that they still don't support us. Of the eight arrests since we reformed several have been carried out at the offenders' homes.
"The danger was once we confronted them at meets they would go home afterwards and destroy the evidence."
"John" says the group works with Leicestershire Police's Paedophile Online Investigation Team (PILOT).
He said if the suspected paedophile is from another area - other arrests have taken place in Northampton, Essex and Birmingham - the PILOT team provide contacts in the local police force.
He added: "Our processes may have changed but the aims have not. Internet grooming and paedophilia is a massive issue and the police don't have the resources to tackle it as they would like.
"We are looking to take a course and qualify as private detectives by May this year so we are all above board.
"But it costs something like £3,000. We will struggle to come up with that amount and are hoping people will get behind us and sponsor us."
The group is also setting up a charity to help the child victims of paedophile by sending them on activity courses to help them reconnect with their families.
To support the group visit gofundme.com/LetzgoHuntingLC
A Leicestershire Police spokeswoman said: "As with all intelligence and information provided from any source we will assess this and take proportionate action in relation to the information
"The police have to comply with legislative requirements and have a duty of care and therefore investigations and enquiries into potential sex offenders are extremely sensitive and detailed and have to be conducted in a way which ensures that prosecution of an offender isn't affected.
"Consideration also has to be given to any threats and harm to anyone involved in the investigation, plus family and friends of potential offenders.".