Thanh Chuong police dismantle human trafficking ring

(Baonghean) -Taking advantage of the limited knowledge of ethnic people in the settlement area of ​​Ngoc Lam commune, Thanh Chuong, Tran Dang Binh made promises about a stable job and high income, so many unemployed young people with limited qualifications were willing to follow Binh to find an opportunity to escape poverty.

And when they started working 12 to 14 hours a day, receiving low wages, and being "confined" by labor facilities in China, those young men realized they were victims of human trafficking. On November 11, 2011, after struggling to return home from Guangzhou, China, Ms. Luong Thi G (in Ngoc Lam commune, Thanh Chuong) wrote a complaint about human trafficking by a subject named Binh. After that, the Thanh Chuong District Police Department continuously received many complaints from other young men in Ngoc Lam commune with similar content.

In their complaint to the police, the victims said they had been tricked into being sold to China since mid-July 2011. It is worth noting that the victims’ families did not report to the police or local authorities when their children and siblings did not appear at home for a long time, allowing the subject to continue to successfully carry out the “trafficking” of people for money. Considering the seriousness and complexity of this case, on November 25, 2011, the leaders of Thanh Chuong District Police established a special project coded 12/11BN.

While investigating the case, the District Police received information from Ms. G that on December 4, 2011, a subject named Binh called to contact her and asked her to find a few more people to send to China to work. Binh arranged to meet her in Vinh City to discuss "business". Thanks to this information, the Task Force made a plan to capture the subject. As promised by phone, at 2:00 p.m. on December 5, 2011, Ms. G and another woman appeared in Vinh City to meet Binh. However, in order to avoid detection by the police, the subject continuously changed the meeting place, and the assigned detectives were assigned to monitor and patiently wait for the "prey" to appear. About 2 hours later, at a restaurant in Truong Thi ward, Vinh city, Binh appeared and had just talked to Ms. G for a few minutes when criminal investigators arrived, urgently arrested Binh for "human trafficking" and escorted him to Thanh Chuong district police station.

Upon arriving in China, this group of people were arranged to work at a fine art wooden furniture company. One of the women was sold by Binh to a young Chinese man to be his wife and to exploit his labor. In this "business deal", Binh must have been paid a large sum of money by the employers and brokers. After 3 months of hard labor, the 5 young men, with the help of Vietnamese people in China, gradually found their way back to their hometown and denounced all of Binh's actions. This is a lesson about the gullibility of the local people. Currently, Thanh Chuong District Police are continuing to fight and expand the case.

Duc Vu - Thanh Chuong police