Child trafficking in China - unintended consequence of one-child policy

NY Times: "The police have arrested 802 people on suspicion of child trafficking and have rescued 181 children in a major operation spanning 15 provinces, the Ministry of Public Security said Friday. The recent operation broke up two trafficking rings and led to the arrests of the ringleaders, the ministry said in a statement posted on its Web site. China’s strict one-child policy has driven a thriving market in babies, especially boys because of a traditional preference for male heirs."

via China - Police Crack Down on Child Trafficking Rings - NYTimes.com.

One of the unintended but direct consequences of the Chinese one-child policy.

See also: 

• http://chindia-alert.org/2012/05/26/city-girls-go-manhunting-while-the-bachelors-in-rest-of-country-despair/
• http://chindia-alert.org/2012/03/01/use-of-dna-to-rescue-abducted-kids-in-china/