Trafficking ring targeted mentally disabled women

Police in Jiangxi province have cracked down on a major human trafficking ring accused of abducting mentally disabled women, illegally detaining them at a pig farm and trafficking them, Jiangxi authorities said.

According to Jiangxi police, the key suspect, surnamed Sun, along with five other gang members, targeted mentally ill women aged between 20 and 30 in remote and rural areas from Guangdong and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. They trafficked them in Liaocheng and Linqing in Shandong province.

Police arrested Sun and his five associates in a recent operation, rescuing 10 women and confiscating illegally obtained assets valued at 600,000 yuan ($97,000), according to the Jiangxi police.