Hundreds arrested in child-trafficking ring bust in China - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Chinese police have busted two child-trafficking rings after a six-month nationwide investigation, rescuing 178 children and arresting 608 suspects, the country's Ministry of Public Security announced this week. Calling it "the biggest achievement since the launch of a national campaign against human trafficking," the ministry described in detail the joint effort of police forces in ten provinces in statement posted on its official website. A traffic accident in May in southwestern Sichuan Province unexpectedly led the authorities to a network of child-traffickers headed by man named Cai Lianchao, the ministry said. In August, police in southeastern Fujian Province uncovered another human trafficking ring led by a woman named Chen Xiumei, according to the statement. After gathering initial evidence on the two rings that kidnapped and sold children across China, the ministry said 5,000 police officers conducted a highly coordinated nationwide investigation for several more months before finally arresting the suspects last week. Officials placed rescued children in local orphanages while they tried to reunite them with their families, the ministry said. It added that female police officers were dispatched to take care of the children, some of whom were being treated for illnesses. "We will strictly adhere to our policy of 'zero tolerance' on child-trafficking," the ministry emphasized in its statement. "This policy is aimed at cracking down on the buyers' market," said Chen Shiqu, Director of the anti-human trafficking department at the Ministry of Public Security. "We will ensure the buyers lose both their money and the purchased children, so that we can address the problem from the source by reducing the demand for kidnapped and trafficked children." Since the government launched a national campaign against human trafficking in April 2009, police have arrested almost 50,000 suspects, rescuing more than 18,000 children as well as some 35,000 women, the ministry said. Human trafficking is a major problem in China, with children and women being the primary victims. Premier Wen Jiabao pledged last week that the government would continue to crack down on the crime to protect women and children.[/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/08/hundreds-arrested-as-china-police-smash-child-trafficking-ring/[/url]

Let them rot in jail for the rest of their lives, it's more than they deserve. Either that or someone's getting a visit from the Chinese execution vans. [img]http://www.geekologie.com/2009/02/11/china-death-bus.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Omali;34093583]Let them rot in jail for the rest of their lives, it's more than they deserve.[/QUOTE] Knowing China, "rest of their lives" won't make it to 2013.

608 suspects? Fucking hell that's obscene that so many people actively work to traffic kids.

Excellent, traffickers are scum. I hope that their stay in prison will be a very long and uncomfortable one.

I wonder how much Soylent Green you could make with six hundred eight people?

I wonder how much a kids costs, it would probably a good thing to buy the kids and then give them a home to live. Although I don't know if that would be an incentive for the trafficker to get more kids then...

[QUOTE=DrLuke;34093902]I wonder how much a kids costs, it would probably a good thing to buy the kids and then give them a home to live. Although I don't know if that would be an incentive for the trafficker to get more kids then...[/QUOTE] not sure about china, but in the caribbean children go for as much as an ipod does

People don't buy kids to love them, usually it's to rape them...

Reminds me of The Man from Nowhere... trafficking kids for their organs. *shudder*

Human traffickers are scum.

[QUOTE=Pig;34095422]People don't buy kids to love them, usually it's to rape them...[/QUOTE] what no i thought they buy them to love them forever

[quote]Since the government launched a national campaign against human trafficking in April 2009, police have arrested almost 50,000 suspects, rescuing more than 18,000 children as well as some 35,000 women, the ministry said.[/quote] wow!

Human traffickers are the worst kinds of people on earth if they can still be called people

Everytime China is on the news its always something bad

[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;34093797]I wonder how much Soylent Green you could make with six hundred eight people?[/QUOTE] Would you really want to eat it?

I hope these people rot away for the rest of their lives.

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;34098089]Everytime China is on the news its always something bad[/QUOTE] Saving 178 children from being sold off as slaves is a bad thing? Are you retarded?

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;34098089]Everytime China is on the news its always something bad[/QUOTE] what

[QUOTE=Valdor;34098646]Saving 178 children from being sold off as slaves is a bad thing? Are you retarded?[/QUOTE] I meant that there's such a huge child-trafficking ring in China

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;34098822]I meant that there's such a huge child-trafficking ring in China[/QUOTE] You realize Singapore is also a pretty big hot spot for human trafficking? If we knew where every human trafficking ring was we wouldn't really be putting as much effort into finding them and eradicating them, now would we? Just because they found one in China doesn't mean it only happens in China, if anything it just means China is doing a better job at stopping it than most countries.

[QUOTE=PassTheBong;34095288]not sure about china, but in the caribbean children go for as much as an ipod does[/QUOTE] How exactly do you know that?

[QUOTE=Haywood;34104617]How exactly do you know that?[/QUOTE] eBay

What's just as much of a shame is that alot of the buyers are from wealthy countries in the West. America is known for having a notable market of child slaves, used for menial labor or servitude. And of course the sex market has its disgusting roots in our soil as well. I'll remind you all of [url=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1149900]this story[/url], which happened recently regarding a human trafficking ring.

I think it's safe to assume that the majority of people on Facepunch have never been to places like China or India. I was born in India, and I can provide just a little insight into what it's like to live in a country that crowded. Many of you have seen pictures of Beijing or Bombay during rush hour, but they really don't do the situation justice. The last time I traveled in Mumbai was in '98, and one thing no picture will show you is the air literally gray with smog and pollution, the beggars sick with leprosy, missing limbs, eyes, teeth, the rotting infrastructure that was never maintained because some municipal official was pocketing the money. Things have improved a great deal since then for most of India, and most of Bombay, but there are hundreds of thousands of stories in cities like those. India has a population of 1.2 billion. China has a population of 1.3 billion. [B] Together they make up more than [U]36% of the population of the entire world. [/U][/B] When someone goes missing in India or China, law enforcement is usually too beleaguered to give their case the attention it deserves. Hundreds if not thousands of people go missing every single day, and most of those are never seen alive again. India is a democracy. A democracy with several problems, but still a democracy. In a country with rules as restrictive as China's, however, the criminal element will be especially strong because there will be many, many more opportunities for the distribution of contraband, whether we're talking about drugs, restricted media, or human sex slaves. I can't say, therefore, that I'm shocked by the news. I'm very happy this particular ring has been crushed, but it's only one of many hundreds, and the problem isn't anywhere near an end. Supply affects the price of a commodity in any economy, and in countries with populations over a billion, life is cheap.

[QUOTE=archangel125;34106721]The last time I traveled in Mumbai was in '98, and one thing no picture will show you is the air literally gray with smog and pollution, the beggars sick with leprosy, missing limbs, eyes, teeth, [/QUOTE] That sounds really fucked up.

[QUOTE=Samiam22;34107320]That sounds really fucked up.[/QUOTE] Every relative of mine who has visited India since tells me things have really improved now. I hope that's so.

Run, run, run, you can't catch me, I'm the child trafficker. It's my destiny, I have no alternatives.

Grate, now the organ 'donor' market is going be flooded.

[QUOTE=Flyingcoxs;34107969]Grate, now the organ 'donor' market is going be flooded.[/QUOTE] Oh no! an abundance of organs for people who might actually be able to make a good use of them! I fail to see an issue with this to be honest, really if they get executed they'll hardly be in need of their organs will they? Also it's spelt "great" not grate.