An abandoned factory in eastern China’s Shandong Province was recently discovered to be the site of a large infant trafficking group that imported pregnant women to give birth and also went far afield to buy new borns. The babies were fed instant noodles and discarded vegetables, and some of them were sexually abused, while the traffickers looked for buyers.
Shandong police rescued 37 children and arrested 103 suspects involved in the ring, according to state-run Central China Television (CCTV) on Jan. 12. The oldest child was three years-old.
The trafficking group sold a female baby for about 60,000 yuan ($9,677) and a male baby for 80,000 yuan ($12,903), the report says.
The trafficking group rented an abandoned factory in a suburb of Jining City to house pregnant women until their babies are born. The shabby factory attracted police attention last July, when a number of pregnant women were sent there from the local train station once every few days, The women would leave by themselves in a few days after giving birth.
