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What happened
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.
Response and intervention
In 2003, in Guangxi, 52 people were accused for being involved in the trafficking operation, six of whom were sentenced to death at a local court. More than 100 from Guangxi were convicted, of whom at least one was executed. The case broke when police found 28 drugged and tied up baby girls in bags on board a bus bound for northern cities. One of the babies died while smuggled, reports said. Ji Xiulan was arrested in a village in central China's Henan Province on June 8 2007 at her wheat farm. Her son Liu Yujie and daughter-in-law were arrested in 2003 when the scandal first surfaced, but Ji and her husband evaded capture and have been at large for the past four years. Her husband is still at large. No known emancipation.