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Report claims thousands of North Korean women sold into sex slavery in China

Thousands of North Korean women and girls are being trafficked and sold into sexual slavery in China, where many are sold as wives to Chinese men while others are forced into prostitution or to live stream sex acts against their will, a new report claims. The investigation, by the London-based Korea Future Initiative (KFI), includes shocking first-hand reports of girls as young as 12 being raped and women being forced to participate in cybersex for days without eating. Though female defectors have long been targets of human traffickers, the problem has been exacerbated in recent ye

Asia | China | Corruption

Female Finance Guru Pushes for Punishment of Stock Market Manipulators

Source: WomenofChina

An article by one of China's top female investigative financial experts, Liu Shuwei, has caused a stir online and prompted a quick a response from the country's stock watchdog on July 2. Her post on Weibo (China's Twitter) that day, urging for traders to be punished for short selling, received more than 400,000 views within six hours. The official China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) announced on its website on late July 2 that it will investigate suspected manipulation of stocks as experts fail to explain the market's worst collapse in years. 'Chivalrous Woman' in the Eyes of F

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China Busts Int’l Women Trafficking Rings

Source: WomenofChina

China's railway police have arrested 18 suspects allegedly involved in international women trafficking, rescuing 12 Vietnamese women. The suspects belong to two human trafficking groups, according to a statement of the railway police on May 25. Railway police launched the investigation after a suspect surnamed Li was found trafficking a Vietnamese woman on a train running from Kunming, capital city of southwest China's Yunnan Province to Jinan, capital city of east China's Shandong Province on December 12. In the following five months, a special team seized another 17 suspects in Yunn

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Racketeering Grandma: China breaks racketeering gang run by 61-year-old grandma

Source: Pangea Today

After three months of investigations, police mobilized to bring down a racketeering group operating near the Nanjing Railway Station, in the northern part of Nanjing’s urban core, revealing the leader to be a 61-year-old grandmother. The group was responsible for demanding money from passengers by means of threats, intimidation, and assaults. The culprits operated around bus and railway stations, and often solicited illegal taxi services in black vans, in which many of the extortions and robberies took place. The main targets of the scams were foreign tourists.

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White collar crimes up among women in major Chinese city

Source: Pangea Today

White collar crimes are on the rise among Shenzhen women, according to China’s Municipal People’s Procuratorate. For the first time, it has released three years of data on female white collar crimes in the city. Prosecutors blame the trend on the lack of love from families. A high number of the cases from 2012 to 2014 involved bribery, graft, embezzlement, and smuggling. The perpetrators were of all ages and education levels, and they tended to work in finance, accounting, and other positions that dealt directly with money.

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Trend: Girls lured into job interview rape traps

Source: Pangea Today

A few days ago, a young woman named Xiaomei was lured into a supposed job interview through a popular online chat tool. Her interviewer then allegedly attempted to sexually assault her. Police say that it is common for young women to be lured into meeting in person through popular chat tools like Moumou and Weixin. Authorities remind students to verify the identity of their contact, even though online job searches are more convenient. They have also been advised not to meet with strangers alone.