A file photo of Nguyen Van Anh
According to Haiphong Police, four families in Hong Bang District denounced Nguyen Van Anh, 45, for selling their teenage children to a casino in Cambodia.
"Investigations showed that the man adopted the four teenage boys who are friends of his son," police reported. "He then managed to persuade them to go to Cambodia to work with monthly salaries of between VND 15-20 million. After the boys agreed, he co-operated with another man to send the boys to Cambodia and sell them to a local casino for USD2,400 each."
After a time working at the casino, the four boys found that they had been cheated. They contacted their families who then repurchased them from the casino and denounced Van Anh.
According to police, Van Anh had just been released after serving a jail sentence for transporting drugs since 2020.
He was arrested again on August 30 and prosecuted for two charges including human smuggling and smuggling children under 16 years old.
