Gang suspect extradited
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April 3, 2011, Sunday
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AN alleged criminal ringleader in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has been extradited from the Philippines where she had been hiding.
Wang Wanning, who is suspected of organizing and leading a criminal gang to force more than 2,000 women into prostitution, was extradited to Chongqing on Friday.
Wang's gang was caught in June 2009. Eleven of the gang members, including Wang's sister Wang Ziqi, received death penalties or jail terms ranging from 2.5 to 19 years.
Wang Wanning allegedly fled to Austria and then the Philippines and was caught on Wednesday in a restaurant in Manila's Chinatown district by police from China and the Philippines, said a spokesman for the Chongqing municipal public security bureau.
Close cooperation between Interpol and police authorities from China, Austria and the Philippines led to Wednesday's successful arrest, the spokesman said.
Wang Ziqi was sentenced to death last August, after being found guilty of five criminal charges.
These include organizing and leading a criminal gang, forcing women into prostitution, organizing a prostitution ring, illegal imprisonment and bribery.
She later appealed, but the Chongqing Higher People's Court upheld the sentence.
The gang was convicted of forcing more than 2,000 women into prostitution over a decade.
Wang Wanning, who is suspected of organizing and leading a criminal gang to force more than 2,000 women into prostitution, was extradited to Chongqing on Friday.
Wang's gang was caught in June 2009. Eleven of the gang members, including Wang's sister Wang Ziqi, received death penalties or jail terms ranging from 2.5 to 19 years.
Wang Wanning allegedly fled to Austria and then the Philippines and was caught on Wednesday in a restaurant in Manila's Chinatown district by police from China and the Philippines, said a spokesman for the Chongqing municipal public security bureau.
Close cooperation between Interpol and police authorities from China, Austria and the Philippines led to Wednesday's successful arrest, the spokesman said.
Wang Ziqi was sentenced to death last August, after being found guilty of five criminal charges.
These include organizing and leading a criminal gang, forcing women into prostitution, organizing a prostitution ring, illegal imprisonment and bribery.
She later appealed, but the Chongqing Higher People's Court upheld the sentence.
The gang was convicted of forcing more than 2,000 women into prostitution over a decade.
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