Human trafficking women prosecuted - Social Issues

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January, 22 2013 09:59:42

Human trafficking women prosecuted

THANH HOA (VNS)— Two women have been prosecuted for human trafficking, border guards of the northern central Thanh Hoa Province announced on Sunday.

The two female criminals from the northern mountain province of Lao Cai admitted that they enticed 31-year-old Giang Thi Cu to travel to China by promising they would help her marry a Chinese man.

They also confessed receiving VND10 million (US$480) for each woman smuggled to China. — VNS

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