Children as young as 10-weeks-old rescued from clutches of Chinese people traffickers | Mail Online: Children as young as ten days old were among 89 youngsters rescued as police smashed two huge child-trafficking rings in China. Authorities made 369 arrests in the latest crackdown on the country's thriving black market in child slaves.
Despite traffickers in China potentially facing the death penalty, they want growing numbers of children to exploit for slave labour or sex work. It was not clear from the reports posted on the Ministry of Public Security website today whether sexual abuse might also have been a motive.
Liu Ancheng, deputy director of the Ministry of Public Security Criminal Investigation Bureau, said if the buyers have not abused the children, they cannot be held criminally responsible. Mr Liu said the 'dreadful practice of buying and selling children' is a result of ignorance of the law in rural areas as well as traditional Chinese social norms that call for people 'to have both sons and daughters' and children who will look after a parent in old age.
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