Pakistan Busts Prostitution Ring That Sent Young Women to China

Pakistan Busts Prostitution Ring That Sent Young Women to China
Young girls, whose families were displaced by floods, sit on a makeshift bed, as they take shelter on higher ground in Thatta, Pakistan on Aug. 29, 2010. Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
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LAHORE, Pakistan—Pakistani authorities have arrested 12 suspected members of prostitution ring taking young Pakistani women to China, part of a growing human trafficking problem often based on fake marriages, officials said on May 6.

Those arrested included eight Chinese nationals and four Pakistanis, said Jameel Ahmad, a top official at Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which deals with human trafficking.