Govt heat seems to be working

Infant trafficking in China has been contained in recent years after the country launched a national initiative against the trafficking of women and children in April 2009, according to NGOs that are dedicated to the fight.

The crackdown - organized by the Ministry of Public Security in 2009 in the wake of increasing incidents of trafficking - also targets those who seduce or force children to beg on the streets or to commit crimes.

The effort has put real fear into lawbreakers, said Zhang Baoyan, founder of Baby Back Home, a website that posts information about missing children.