The Criminal Economy: the Trade in Children
The authors argue that the true scale of the trade in children is better reflected in the statistics for the numbers of children reported missing. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 20,295 children were reported missing in 2000 (up 17 percent from 1999), including 7,154 young children. Procuracy officials estimate the total number of children who have “disappeared” at about 300,000. Read More