East China Province Captures Human TraffickersEast China's Fujian Province has made unremitting efforts to crackdown upon illegal emigration and frontier defense officials in the provincial capital Fuzhou alone have captured over 200 human traffickers since the beginning of this year.Those human smugglers, locally known as "snakeheads", have helped dozens or even hundreds of stowaways leave China's mainland during the past few years, sources with the city's frontier defense department said. Other cities including Putian and Quanzhou have also reported seizing similar human traffickers, some of whom had been wanted by police for years. Daunted by the efforts and determination of the frontier defense departments across the province, some fleeing traffickers have surrendered. Fifty-year-old Wu Yixiu fled his hometown and hid in a fishing boat on the sea, after he illegally helped dozens of people emigrate to Japan in January 1997. On June 15 this year, Wu surrendered to the frontier defense department of Lianjiang County, his hometown. The destinations of the stowaways vary, but mainly the United States, Canada, Australia and Japan. |
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