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Trafficking of Vietnamese Women and Children on the China-Vietnam Border¹

The Guangxi police released a report on 11 August 2005. From the middle of the 1980s until the mid 1990s the majority of Vietnamese women trafficked into China were sold as brides to villagers in impoverished mountainous areas. From the 1990s until now, more and more Vietnamese women are being trafficked into China for prostitution. Since 2001, Guangxi police have successively launched 10 campaigns to combat the trafficking of Vietnamese women and children, and have rescued over 1,800 Vietnamese women, uncovered over 100 cases, and have apprehended over 200 suspects. Since 1 July 1 2005 until the 10 August 2005, there have been in total the uncovering of 15 cases of cross-border trafficking of Vietnamese women and children, and the apprehension of 19 suspects, and the rescue of 58 Vietnamese women. Presently, there are 26 trafficked Vietnamese women and children and one Vietnamese suspect at the Dongxing border crossing soon about to be repatriated.