52 Found Guilty of Trafficking in Babies
CHINA
A court convicted 52 members of a baby-trafficking gang, sentencing them to death or life in prison. The ring was based in the city of Yulin in the southern region of Guangxi, one of China’s poorest areas.
The case included a highly publicized incident in March in which 28 female infants, all younger than 3 months, were found in nylon tote bags aboard a long-distance bus, according to the New China News Agency.
The convictions highlighted the scale of China’s black market in babies. Two weeks ago police announced the arrests of 95 people in northern China in an unrelated baby-trafficking ring.
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