Children as young as 15 have been arrested for acting as foreign state proxies, Counter Terrorism Police have revealed. Officers warned youngsters are recruited by China Russia and Iran because they're cheap and replaceable assets. Counter Terrorism Police' National Coordinator Vicki Evans said: “Use of proxies is tactic number one — we are really concerned about this and the public should be too. “There is no fixed profile for a proxy, [and] you might not realise you're being targeted.