Young boy flies unaccompanied to Rome

Children fly unaccompanied all the time. There are certain safety measures put into place to make sure that the child is never alone and an adult must drop them off at the gate and a designated adult must pick them up on the other end. This young British boy somehow got onto a plane alone without a ticket. Security let him pass and apparently the gate attendants didn't ask him for one. He was discovered when other passengers noticed that he was alone. This happened just days before the Olympics were to start. So much for heightened security! boy flies to Rome
no parents and no passport