By IANS,
Beijing : Over 3,000 gangs involved in human trafficking were busted across China last year, and more than 15,000 women and 8,000 children rescued by police, the government said Saturday.
According to a report by the ministry of public security, police rescued 8,660 abducted children and 15,458 women from 3,195 human trafficking gangs, Xinhua reported.
The report mentioned major cases such as one in which police busted a ring trafficking Chinese women to Angola for prostitution. During the raid, 19 women were rescued and 16 suspects were arrested.
The ministry also works towards getting the abducted children to their homes, and has set up a DNA database for missing children, it said.
In the latest incident, at least 14 children were rescued and 38 suspects arrested when police busted two human trafficking rings in southwest China’s Guizhou province, police said Saturday.