After a series of interrogations, one of them finally confessed everything. Just as they had imagined, these two had indeed been responsible for scouting for "goods" in certain areas, essentially trafficking people. They had a complete supply chain: sourcing goods, shipping them, receiving them, selling them, and then providing after-sales service.
These two women are responsible for the first step of "purchasing goods".
They first scout the "market" (in jargon), spotting a niche where people are less alert, and then start looking for "goods," either beautiful girls or young women with good figures, and then they start "buying in." Once they're targeted, they have plenty of ways to get them away: cheat, rob, drug, drug, and so on!
Cotton No. 6 is responsible for the second link of "transporting goods". This step is the most critical link in the entire process and also the most dangerous.
Mian Liu's first-generation ID card now had Fang Wen written on it, his own photo, and a legitimate identity, so he could walk around without any problems. Decades from now, with the internet's development, criminals wouldn't be able to run rampant like this anymore. With facial recognition scans, they wouldn't be able to escape.
Cotton Six's tool for the crime was a fleet of over forty vehicles, considered quite large at the end of the year. He presented himself as a merchant, a common practice today. At a time when the flow of goods between north and south was limited, trucks were the only way to keep things moving, so the use of a fleet to transport goods was perfectly normal. Little did he know, however, that the danger lay in the cargo on these vehicles.
People can hide in boxes, on the roofs of trucks, and some criminal gangs even install iron cages on the chassis of trucks, drugging women and children, then stuffing them into the cages like small animals and transporting them away. In short, there are many ways to avoid detection.
The third step is the "receiving" phase, which is the simplest. After receiving the "goods" delivered by the cotton farm, we need to find a place to store them and keep them safe, but we must also ensure that the goods are not damaged. We must clean them up and wait for the buyer to come and inspect them.
The "sales" were handled by various figures, including underground bar owners and card parlor owners, who could be found in every province and city. Above them were general agents, who were in charge of the fourth link.
Risk and profit always coexist. For traffickers, this business is free, and they continue to do this reckless act even at the risk of execution. A three- or four-month-old boy can fetch 8,000 yuan, a girl 5,000 yuan. In areas where there's a shortage of wives, young women can fetch several thousand yuan. Girls of seventeen or eighteen, especially those who appear to be well-educated and have a student-like appearance, can fetch even more.
This complete industry chain has been operating for more than a decade, not just one or two years. How many people have they resold? The key is that this is only part of the industry chain; drug trafficking also exists!
They are not only facing domestic smuggling, but also smuggling across the border and directly abroad.
The two women returned with Mian Liu this time just to receive a new batch of "goods" in two days, and planned to transport them abroad in a short time.
The woman who recruited Liu said she didn't know who she was. It seems she is not involved in human trafficking, so it must be drugs.
Many of Mian Liu's subordinates were drug users, a trick he used to control them. However, Mian Liu himself didn't use drugs; on the contrary, he regularly exercised, maintaining a healthy physique. The day after his subordinates were arrested, two of them couldn't hold back and were caught. They immediately trembled and attempted suicide.
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