China - Hunan Child trafficking case
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public
placement
other unknown agencies
Great Wall China Adoption (GWCA)
facilitation
institution
Guangdong Province orphanages: possibly Shaoguan City and Qujiang District unnamed Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region orphanages
Heng Yang County Social Welfare Institute, Heng Dong County Social Welfare Institute, Heng Nan County Social Welfare Institute, Chang Ning Children's Social Welfare Institute, Qi Dong Cheng Zhen Social Welfare Institute, Heng Shan County Social Welfare Institute, Changsha First Social Welfare Institute, Zhuzhou Children's Welfare Institute, Chen Zhou (Binzhou) City Children's Welfare Institute, Chang De City Social Welfare Institute
(left) Placements for International Adoption soared between 2001 and 2005, then dropped after the ring was exposed. (Statistics from Research China)In the Hunan province of China a ring of child traffickers was arrested late 2005 - early 2006. Children were bought in Guangdong province and sold to orphanages in Hunan province. Eventually, ten people were convicted.