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355 nabbed in joint action against child-trafficking
By Pan Zheng |
December 25, 2012, Tuesday
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The Ministry of Public Security launched a crackdown on child-trafficking in nine provinces last week. By yesterday police had busted nine trafficking rings, nabbed 355 suspects and rescued 89 children, Xinhua reported.
All the rescued children are being now taken care of by local civil affair departments and will be given a DNA test to find their parents.
The crackdown was carried out in a joint manoeuver starting at 10pm, December 18, in nine provinces including Fujian, Yunnan, Sichuan, Anhui and Guangdong.
Chen Shiqu, a Ministry official in charge of the operation, said the traditional belief that "more sons, more blessings" is still widespread in many rural regions, thus making child-trafficking a lucrative business.
Chen said that since China waged a war against child-trafficking in April 2009, police have destroyed about 11,000 criminal rings and saved more than 54,000 children.
Wang Xizhang, deputy director of criminal investigation of Fujian Province Public Security Bureau, said child-trafficking rings normally operate across regions and have a clear division of labor. Some are responsible for buying or abducting kids, some look for buyers, and some are in charge of transportation.
"A child bought at 30,000 yuan (US$4,809) in Yunnan can be sold at 70,000 to 90,000 yuan to the end-buyer. It's a very lucrative business," said Wang. "Many traffickers are middle-aged woman in rural areas who have poor education and little income."
All the rescued children are being now taken care of by local civil affair departments and will be given a DNA test to find their parents.
The crackdown was carried out in a joint manoeuver starting at 10pm, December 18, in nine provinces including Fujian, Yunnan, Sichuan, Anhui and Guangdong.
Chen Shiqu, a Ministry official in charge of the operation, said the traditional belief that "more sons, more blessings" is still widespread in many rural regions, thus making child-trafficking a lucrative business.
Chen said that since China waged a war against child-trafficking in April 2009, police have destroyed about 11,000 criminal rings and saved more than 54,000 children.
Wang Xizhang, deputy director of criminal investigation of Fujian Province Public Security Bureau, said child-trafficking rings normally operate across regions and have a clear division of labor. Some are responsible for buying or abducting kids, some look for buyers, and some are in charge of transportation.
"A child bought at 30,000 yuan (US$4,809) in Yunnan can be sold at 70,000 to 90,000 yuan to the end-buyer. It's a very lucrative business," said Wang. "Many traffickers are middle-aged woman in rural areas who have poor education and little income."
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