A forced labor case from 2007 in Jieshou, China.
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Chinese law enforcement cracked down on the practice and promised more investigation into forced labor throughout the country.
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Ji Xiulan, believed to be aged in her 60s, had been a fugitive since the trafficking ring was busted in 2003. Ji is allegedley one of the leaders of the gang accused of selling 118 babies between 2002 and 2003. Of the 118 babies, the eldest was three months old, with the youngest just two days, the Yulin Intermediate People's Court said. The families of the babies were paid only a few dollars for the infants, who were later sold for $130-$260. This has been the largest trafficking ring in China since the formation of the People's Republic of China. The case is said to be linked with China's "one child" family planning policy.
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the family gang was led by Ye Zengxi, 55, his son and daughter-in-law. Also involved was Ye's brother Ye Xiaolin. The gang used Ye's 12-year-old nephew to lure other children away from their parents' view with toys or food, and then whisked them away by motorbike. "The gang members had abducted nine children, all boys between two and eight years old, since April, and sold them to rural families," said Wang Jianmin, Nanyang Municipal Commission of Politics and Law secretary. Eight of the children were sold to rural families who wanted boys, while another was held captive awaiting a buyer before the police rescue.
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Trafficker was a member of a 23 member child trafficking ring. Traffickers bought children from Yunnan Province, China and sold them in Hubei Province, China. Boys were sold for 40,000 ($5,860) yuan each and the girls for 20,000 yuan each ($2,930).