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| Iran busts ring trafficking women to Pakistan |
| 2002-08-24 |
| Iranian authorities busted a ring based in the northeastern city of Mashhad responsible for trafficking dozens of young women to Pakistan where they were forced into prostitution. In Pakistan? Ewwwww! Police in Mashhad uncovered the ring after a young women named Fariba called her mother from Karachi in Pakistan to tell her she had been forced into prostitution, the daily Iran newspaper reported Saturday. Her mother then alerted the authorities. Bet Mom was really happy to hear from her. Pop, too, for that matter... The ring included two Afghans, and 30 men and women from the southern Sistan-Baluchestan province near the long border with Pakistan. They had tracked down dozens of young women in the impoverished province and convinced their families to marry them off to seemingly wealthy men. The women were then transferred to Pakistan, notably Karachi, where they were sold for 400 to 1,200 dollars to mostly Afghan-run prostitution rings, according to witnesses cited in the report. The ring was busted after a joint investigation led by police in Mashhad's Khorassan province and Paksitani authorities, who returned at least eight "young girls" back to Iran — though many more are still said to be in Pakistan. The Muslim world points that finger at the loose morals of us Merkins, but they seem to have a real talent for white slavery. We can also translate "Afghan" to read "Pashtun" — I doubt greatly that it's Tadjiks and Hazaras who're running around Pakland selling whores. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
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| Posted by: Fred 2002-08-24 12:28:17 |
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| Posted by: Anonymous Scold 2002-08-24 08:37:35 |