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ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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 Posted: 14-01-2009 12:01 Post subject: Police crack China baby sale gang |
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| Quote: | Police crack China baby sale gang
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7827800.stm
Police in southern China have broken up a gang that abducted migrant workers' children to sell in distant provinces, state media reports.
The children, mostly toddlers aged two or three years old, were snatched in Hunan's province's Yueyang city while they were playing or sleeping.
They were sold for between 860 yuan ($125, £86) and 26,000 yuan ($3,800), the Beijing News said.
Five children had been rescued and 13 suspects arrested, Xinhua said.
The children were snatched in broad daylight by gang members on motorbikes, it added.
Police said they did not know how many children had been abducted altogether. The abductions began in September 2008, Xinhua reported.
Child trafficking is seen as a growing problem in China, despite government attempts to crack down on it.
The problem is exacerbated by strict birth control policies, which limit many couples to only one child.
Some families want a boy - one of the children seized in Yueyang was abandoned when she was found to be a girl, the Beijing News said.
Families may also buy trafficked women and children to use as extra labour and household servants.
Last year, the Chinese government launched a campaign against slavery after it emerged that hundreds of children were being forced to work in brick kilns and mines in Shanxi province.
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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| Posted: 11-03-2012 20:54 Post subject: |
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Its really on a grand scale.
| Quote: | Chinese police free 24,000 abducted women and children
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17330203
The one-child policy in China is thought to fuel trafficking
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Chinese police rescued more than 24,000 abducted women and children in 2011, according to a report by the Public Security Ministry.
Some of those kidnapped had been sold for adoption or forced into prostitution as far away as Angola, officials said.
The ministry vowed to step up its tough stance against trafficking.
However, it did not reveal the total number of women and children abducted last year.
The report said police rescued 8,660 abducted children and 15,458 women in raids against 3,195 trafficking gangs.
It highlighted one raid against a gang trafficking Chinese women to Angola for prostitution, adding that 19 women were rescued and 16 people were arrested.
"Public security organisations across China will deepen the campaign against abductions to save more women and children and work hard to reduce the number of abduction and trafficking cases," the ministry said.
Correspondents say child-trafficking in particular has become a serious problem in China.
In December, police rescued nearly 200 children after uncovering two child-trafficking gangs. More than 600 people were arrested in raids in 10 Chinese provinces.
Critics blame China's one-child policy and lax adoption laws, which they say have created a thriving underground market for buying children.
Families also buy trafficked women and children to use as extra labour and household servants, as well as brides for unmarried sons.
Greater freedom of movement as a result of China's economic reforms is thought to have made it easier for trafficking gangs to operate. |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17210 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 06-07-2012 20:17 Post subject: |
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Another successful action. Vids at link.
| Quote: | Chinese police 'smash' trafficking gangs, frees 181
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18732817
The BBC's Martin Patience: "There could be thousands, if not tens of thousands of children abducted every year"
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Chinese police have broken up two major child trafficking gangs and freed 181 children, officials say.
Authorities arrested 802 suspects on Monday in an operation across the country, the Public Security Ministry said in a statement.
Kidnapped children are often sold for adoption, or as labour and household servants.
Child-trafficking has become a serious problem in China and critics blame the one-child policy and lax adoption laws.
These policies, some say, have created a thriving underground market for buying children.
A traditional preference for male heirs in China has created a thriving market for baby boys, says the BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing. Women and girls are often abducted to be labourers or wives.
In the latest operation, the children were rescued from traffickers in 15 regions and provinces, including Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan, Yunnan.
Investigations that led to the current round of arrests began in December 2011 when four suspects were caught in Henan province while attempting to sell four babies.
A ''most-wanted'' suspect, Shao Zhongyuan, was caught in Pingyi county, Shandong province, the ministry said.
One child's kidnap story
He was alleged to be from a gang that trafficked more than 100 children. Several other key suspects were also detained, police said.
The ministry released a report in March 2011 saying that police rescued tens of thousands of abducted children and women.
It highlighted one raid against a gang trafficking Chinese women to Angola for prostitution, adding that 19 women were rescued and 16 people were arrested.
Greater freedom of movement as a result of China's economic reforms is thought to have also made it easier for trafficking gangs to operate. |
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