BEIJING: Public security organs nationwide have found 1,198 women and children listed as missing, and detained 1,069 suspects involved in the kidnapping and trafficking of women and children in the past four months, according to the Ministry of Public Security. A yearlong nationwide campaign was launched in March by the public security and civil affairs ministries, the National Health Commission and the All-China Women’s Federation, in order to crack down on the kidnapping and trafficking of women and children, and resolve accumulated abduction cases.
Since March, police have resolved 906 cases of kidnapping and trafficking of women and children, and initial success has been achieved in this campaign, Liu Zhongyi, head of the criminal investigation bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, said at a news conference held in Beijing on Monday. Liu said that the ministry has deployed authorities nationwide to search for evidence related to abductions, focusing on the parents of missing and abducted women and children, suspected abductees and persons of unknown origin. “The ministry released the addresses and telephone numbers of more than 5,000 free blood sampling spots around the country to facilitate the search for missing people,” Liu said.
A group of criminal technology and intelligence experts nationwide has been selected to carry out online investigations, and data resources have been pooled to support the campaign, he said.
–The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
