{"id":169666,"date":"2014-02-28T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T02:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=169666"},"modified":"2021-09-14T21:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T04:21:21","slug":"1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"1,000+ Arrested for Trafficking Babies on the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/1437025\/more-1000-arrested-china-trafficking-babies-internet\"><strong>more than 1000 people have been arrested for allegedly trafficking babies on the Internet<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Teddy Ng and Laura Zhou at South China Morning Post report:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The authorities rescued 382 infants from trafficking operations in 27 cities and also smashed four baby-smuggling rings, a statement on the ministry&#8217;s website said.<\/p>\n<p>The crackdown on February 19 was launched after police in Beijing and Jiangsu received a tip-off last year that the suspects were engaged in child trafficking by running a website that promoted baby adoption.<\/p>\n<p>Further inquiries showed the suspects operated four such websites, and used various tools on the internet, such as an instant messaging platform and online bulletin boards, to communicate with potential buyers.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 1,094 suspects were arrested, the ministry said. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/1437025\/more-1000-arrested-china-trafficking-babies-internet\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/02\/28\/china-baby-trafficking-bust_n_4872133.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000017\"><strong>AP looks at some of the causes driving baby trafficking in China<\/strong><\/a>. From Huffington Post:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Child abduction is a major problem in China despite punishments as harsh as the death sentence for traffickers, and national-level busts of trafficking rings have been frequent in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Strict laws that limit many families to one child, a traditional preference for boys, poverty and illicit profits drive a thriving market in babies and children.<\/p>\n<p>To address the problem, China is considering tougher penalties for parents who sell their children, as well as for the buyers. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/02\/28\/china-baby-trafficking-bust_n_4872133.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000017\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Click through to read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/child-trafficking\/\">child trafficking in China<\/a>, via CDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday that more than 1000 people have been arrested for allegedly trafficking babies on the Internet.\u00a0Teddy Ng and Laura Zhou at South China Morning Post report: The authorities rescued 382 infants from trafficking operations in 27 cities and also smashed four baby-smuggling rings, a statement on the ministry&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1088,"featured_media":169667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10,14744,14745,14746,5],"tags":[8778,6452,15320,4918,14480,185,409,1251,2071],"class_list":["post-169666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law","category-level-2-article","category-level-3-article","category-level-4-article","category-society","tag-babies","tag-black-market","tag-child-abduction","tag-child-safety","tag-childbirth","tag-human-trafficking","tag-kidnapping","tag-police","tag-trafficking","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>1,000+ Arrested for Trafficking Babies on the Internet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1,000+ Arrested for Trafficking Babies on the Internet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"China&#8217;s Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday that more than 1000 people have been arrested for allegedly trafficking babies on the Internet.\u00a0Teddy Ng and Laura Zhou at South China Morning Post report: The authorities rescued 382 infants from trafficking operations in 27 cities and also smashed four baby-smuggling rings, a statement on the ministry&#8217;s [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"China Digital Times (CDT)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-01T02:00:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-15T04:21:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/baby.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"980\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"589\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Grace\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Grace\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Grace\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/c528efa816f4f8e766bc112a5d478256\"},\"headline\":\"1,000+ Arrested for Trafficking Babies on the Internet\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-01T02:00:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-15T04:21:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/\"},\"wordCount\":241,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/baby.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"babies\",\"black market\",\"child abduction\",\"child safety\",\"childbirth\",\"human trafficking\",\"kidnapping\",\"police\",\"trafficking\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Law\",\"Level 2 Article\",\"Level 3 Article\",\"Level 4 Article\",\"Society\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/\",\"name\":\"1,000+ Arrested for Trafficking Babies on the Internet\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/baby.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-01T02:00:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-15T04:21:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/baby.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/baby.jpg\",\"width\":980,\"height\":589},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"1,000+ Arrested for Trafficking Babies on the Internet\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times (CDT)\",\"description\":\"Covering China from Cyberspace\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"width\":186,\"height\":177,\"caption\":\"China Digital Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/cdt\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/c528efa816f4f8e766bc112a5d478256\",\"name\":\"Grace\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/grace\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"1,000+ Arrested for Trafficking Babies on the Internet","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"1,000+ Arrested for Trafficking Babies on the Internet","og_description":"China&#8217;s Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday that more than 1000 people have been arrested for allegedly trafficking babies on the Internet.\u00a0Teddy Ng and Laura Zhou at South China Morning Post report: The authorities rescued 382 infants from trafficking operations in 27 cities and also smashed four baby-smuggling rings, a statement on the ministry&#8217;s [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/","og_site_name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","article_published_time":"2014-03-01T02:00:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-09-15T04:21:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":980,"height":589,"url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/baby.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Grace","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cdt","twitter_site":"@cdt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Grace","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/"},"author":{"name":"Grace","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/c528efa816f4f8e766bc112a5d478256"},"headline":"1,000+ Arrested for Trafficking Babies on the Internet","datePublished":"2014-03-01T02:00:26+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-15T04:21:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/"},"wordCount":241,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/baby.jpg","keywords":["babies","black market","child abduction","child safety","childbirth","human trafficking","kidnapping","police","trafficking"],"articleSection":["Law","Level 2 Article","Level 3 Article","Level 4 Article","Society"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/","url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/","name":"1,000+ Arrested for Trafficking Babies on the Internet","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/baby.jpg","datePublished":"2014-03-01T02:00:26+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-15T04:21:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/baby.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/baby.jpg","width":980,"height":589},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/1000-arrested-trafficking-babies-internet\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"1,000+ Arrested for Trafficking Babies on the Internet"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","description":"Covering China from Cyberspace","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization","name":"China Digital Times","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","width":186,"height":177,"caption":"China Digital Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","https:\/\/x.com\/cdt"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/c528efa816f4f8e766bc112a5d478256","name":"Grace","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/grace\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1088"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}