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China’s Ministry of Public Security Strengthens the Combating Crimes of Trafficking in Women and Children

On 26 July 2007 reporters learnt from the first National Anti-Trafficking Children’s Forum, held by the All-China Women’s Federation that, in recent years, the combating of crimes of trafficking women and children has achieved tangible results, in total all levels of the Ministry of Public Security have put on record, investigated and dealt with more than 2,000 cases of trafficking of women and children.

According to the person in charge at the Ministry of Public Security’s Investigative Bureau, the public security organ registered, investigated and dealt with more than 2,400 cases of trafficking in women and children in 2005 and more than 2,100 in 2006. In comparison with the 1980s and 1990s, the number of cases has clearly fallen, furthermore the trend is gradually relenting year on year.

In recent years the public security organ’s adoption of many active and effective combating measures has made a positive impact on the number of trafficking cases. As explained, from 1991 to 2000 the Ministry of Public Security has successively launched four large-scale specialist anti-trafficking initiatives in focal areas throughout the country. Between 2001 to 2005 the Ministry of Public Security successively organised and launched all kinds of regional specialist anti-trafficking initiatives in Guangxi, Sichuan, Henan, Hubei and other such focal provinces and regions, from which they achieved positive results.

Adapted from: "China’s Ministry of Public Security Strengthens the Combating Crimes of Trafficking in Women and Children." Xinhua Online. 26 July 2007.