Three human traffickers arrested
At around 11 pm on August 6, taxi driver Duong Danh Son was parking in Muong Xen Town when two women arrived with two girls and asked him to bring them to Mong Cai City in Quang Ninh Province in order to go to China. After a while, Son noticed suspicious behaviour from the women and called the police.
He continued driving along the Highway 7 until they reached Huu Kiem Commune where the police pulled the car over. The women were unable to prove that the two girls are their daughters.
According to the police, the women, Cut Thi Dao and Moong Thi Nhieu from Nghe An Province, admitted that they collaborated with another man, Ven Van Hiep, to sell the girls in China.
Cut Thi Dao married in China and often returned to her hometown to find new "brides" for a commission fee of over VND120m (USD5,300). In early this month, Dao was asked to find potential brides. Moong Thi Nhieu and Ven Van Hiep introduced the girls to Dao.
Dao agreed with the price of VND200m (USD8,800) but asked Hiep and Nhieu to accompany them to Mong Cai.
The police have arrested Hiep and expanded the investigation.
