"Baby, my baby. Can come back, my son. "
At this moment, Guo Gangtang, the prototype of the movie Lonely Lost, has been waiting for 24 years. After searching for hundreds of thousands of kilometers and scrapping 10 motorcycles, his son, who was taken away by traffickers, was sent to him by the police on the 11th, and the family was reunited. Guo Gangtang touched his wife’s head and comforted: "This time it is in your hands, you have to hurt him well."
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Behind the successful case of "finding a needle in a haystack" among 1.4 billion people, there is a set of exciting data: since the Ministry of Public Security deployed the "reunion" operation in January, 2,609 missing and abducted children have been recovered over the years, of which the longest time span is 61 years; 147 cases of child trafficking have been detected, 372 suspects have been arrested, and more than 1,200 paternity tests have been organized in various places. Among them, after the centralized release of more than 3,000 free blood collection points nationwide on June 1, nearly 10,000 people have gone to public security organs to collect blood for free, which has helped 306 families achieve reunion.
In this way, the comparison of DNA data related to free blood collection seems to be the focus of solving the case.
But it’s not that simple. The case of the Guo family, and even Humou, a habitual child trafficker, who was dug out one old case after another in 2001, 2000 and 1997, are the epitome and "living specimen" of China’s abduction work.
A remarkable "centralized comparison battle of criminal technology"
On July 13th, the Ministry of Public Security held a press conference, which not only informed the newly uncovered case of Guo Gangtang’s son being abducted 24 years ago, but also introduced the latest progress of the "reunion" action of the Ministry of Public Security. If you want to know how these 24 years’ efforts can come to an end in 2021, you may wish to make a "reading understanding" of the police report.
According to Tong Bishan, deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security,
"On September 21, 1997, Guo Xinzhen, the two-and-a-half-year-old son of Guo Gangtang (male, 51 years old) in Liaocheng, Shandong Province, was taken away by a strange woman while playing at home, and his whereabouts were unknown. After receiving the alarm, Liaocheng Public Security Bureau set up a task force, carried out a lot of investigations, visited the platoon and other work, and collected the blood samples of Guo Gangtang and his wife, tested the DNA information and entered it into the’ abduction DNA system’, but Guo Xinzhen’s whereabouts were never found. In this year’s’ reunion’ operation, the Ministry of Public Security listed the case as a listed supervision case to organize a tough attack. "
"In June, during the centralized comparison battle organized by the Ministry of Public Security, experts were brave enough to innovate, overcome the obstacles that children’s physical characteristics were quite different from those when they grew up, broke through technical barriers, and successfully found clues suspected of Guo Xinzhen in Henan by using the latest comparison and search methods. According to the instructions of the Ministry of Public Security, Henan public security organs collected the DNA information of relevant personnel for rechecking and testing, and finally confirmed that this person in Henan was Guo Xinzhen, the son of Guo Gangtang and his wife who had been abducted for 24 years. The public security organs in Liaocheng, Shandong Province quickly sent personnel to Henan, Shanxi and other places to track and carefully investigate the adoption and trafficking situation in that year, and arrested two suspects who trafficked Guo Xinzhen in that year, and found out the facts of the case. At present, the case is still further expanding and digging. "
The dust of the old case that happened in September, 1997 has settled, which is not only "unforgettable for Guo Gangtang’s family, but also inseparable from the persistence of the investigators".
Since the establishment of the Anti-abduction Office of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security in 2007, the Ministry of Public Security has deployed a nationwide anti-abduction campaign in 2009, established a national anti-abduction DNA system, implemented a rapid search mechanism for missing children nationwide in 2011, launched an emergency release platform for missing children information of the Ministry of Public Security in 2016, and issued and implemented phased action plans related to human trafficking many times in the State Council.
At the beginning of 2021, the Ministry of Public Security deployed the national public security organs to carry out the "reunion" action. From May 11th to June 11th, the Ministry of Public Security organized and launched the "Centralized Comparison Battle of Criminal Technology in Reunion Action" in Jinan, Shandong Province. Through a month’s comparison of clues found in the battle, 718 missing and abducted children have been recovered and 8 escaped children have been arrested, which has achieved remarkable results.
The comparison battle mainly has the following characteristics:
First, the combatants are fine. The Ministry of Public Security has dispatched 69 criminal technical experts from public security organs all over the country. These experts are comprehensive talents, who know their major and know how to judge, and have rich practical experience.
Second, the data resources are complete. The action extensively collected photos, DNA and other information of missing and abducted children and their parents, and studied and formulated the technical comparison work specifications to ensure that the relevant search and comparison data were complete.
Third, the system has strong functions. The "abduction DNA system" was upgraded in time, and at the same time, the "reunion action technology comparison battle platform" was specially developed to realize the special work such as verification of parents’ identity information, verification of suspected abductees, upload and release of work orders, and review statistics of action results, which provided functions such as case management, multi-mode comparison, comprehensive analysis, expert consultation and task push for comparison battles. During the battle, the experts involved in the war expanded the application of the latest scientific and technological means, and timely connected with the field visits and investigations, ensuring the success of the battle.
In the next step, the Ministry of Public Security will conscientiously sum up the successful experience and practices of the first comparison battle and organize the second centralized comparison battle as soon as possible.
How efficient is the "abduction DNA system"?
In the "daily abduction", the "DNA system of abduction" established in 2009 has attracted the attention of many netizens. This time, the police successfully found a clue that suspected Guo Xinzhen in Henan by using the latest comparison and search means, and then collected his DNA information and entered it into the "DNA system of abduction", successfully compared it with Guo Gangtang and his wife in Liaocheng, Shandong Province, and finally confirmed Guo Xinzhen’s identity.
On June 1, the Ministry of Public Security announced more than 3,000 free blood collection points across the country through news media and other channels. Blood collection is not restricted by household registration. Parents of missing abducted children who have not taken blood, suspected abducted persons and persons with unknown origin are urged to collect blood at nearby blood collection points for free as soon as possible and rely on science and technology to find relatives.
How effective is this?
In recent years, there are often cases in which the public security organs blindly compare the missing abducted children in the DNA information database. The abducted people didn’t even know that their life experience was suspicious. After June 1, nearly 10,000 people took the initiative to receive free blood collection from public security organs, and now 306 families have been reunited.
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On the 13th, the police chief V@ Jiangning’s mother-in-law posted that the parents of abducted children must record their parents’ DNA for free after calling the police, and the children found by the police after abduction and rescue must record their children’s DNA for free. For the police situation of trafficking before 2009, over the years, local public security organs have also continuously recorded DNA, and basically there are few omissions. "As long as the parents have reported the police to collect DNA, it is basically only a matter of time before finding the child."
In addition, "under the combination of public security organs’ investigations and heavy punches, the cases of child trafficking have shown a significant decline or even almost disappeared in recent years. Most of the missing children who are recovered every year are lost or run away from home. At present, they mainly focus on finding accumulated cases. "
In 1963, the 5-year-old boy "Ji Xian" fled to Henan with his family and then separated. After a lapse of 58 years, the "reunion" action of the Ministry of Public Security made his 90-year-old mother finally wait for the news of her son in her lifetime.
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In addition, @ Jiangning’s mother-in-law also mentioned the difficulty in the current abduction work, saying that quite a few of the children rescued by local public security organs were not comparable to their parents’ DNA in the database. The only possibility is that the parents of the children have not reported to the police, and most of them have taken the initiative to sell their own children.
@ 亵亵亵亵: Most of these children will appear here because the DNA is not comparable to their parents.
To this end, in 2015, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the Notice of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security on Carrying out the Adoption Work of Kidnapping and Rescuing Children Who Can’t Find Their Birth Parents, which provided a policy basis for promoting the return of abducted and rescued children to their families and safeguarding their rights and interests.
The old cases uncovered by this habitual child trafficker are getting older and older.
Going back to the 24-year-old case, the public security organs followed the line around Guo Xinzhen’s adoption in that year and identified two suspects, Hu and his girlfriend Tang. At present, the case is still being further expanded.
In fact, Hu Mou, a 56-year-old recidivist of child trafficking, can also be regarded as a "living specimen" of the effectiveness of China’s abduction work.
According to media reports, in 1988 and 1996, Hu was jailed for theft and extortion respectively.
In 2009, Hu was arrested for allegedly abducting a girl in Hebei in 2001.
In 2021, Hu was arrested and brought to justice by Shanxi police for allegedly abducting a boy in Shanxi in 2000. Because after the "Reunion" campaign was launched this year, the blood samples collected by the police from the parents of abducted boys were more successful than a suspected abducted child in Zhonghenan. After careful investigation, the police locked two suspects, including Hu.
By June of this year, important progress had been made in the abduction of the son of Guo Gangtang, the prototype of the movie "Lonely Lost", and the suspect Hu was seriously afraid of sin when he was arraigned, and refused to confess. The task force conducted further investigations around its related parties. After his girlfriend Tang confessed the crime, Hu finally pleaded guilty.
Therefore, Hu added another case in 1997. This further shows that the recidivist Hu has never voluntarily confessed the crimes he has committed.
In addition, the cover news confirmed from an informed policeman that Hu was a recidivist of abducting and selling children. After he was arrested by Shanxi police, public security bureaus in other places called one after another to learn about the situation and bring him to the scene for trial.
Repeated criminals are constantly being turned out of old cases, which not only results in the police’s abduction work, but also means that more families are reunited.
Just a technological victory?
In addition to the efforts of the police, the power of the masses is equally important in the search for missing and abducted children.
As the father of abducted children, Guo Gangtang has been riding a motorcycle for hundreds of thousands of kilometers in the past 24 years, while actively participating in voluntary activities of abduction, and feeding back the collected information of missing abducted children to the public security organs in time. Through the clues he provided, the public security organs have recovered more than 100 children who have been abducted for many years.
At the press conference on the 13th, the Ministry of Public Security not only expressed its affection for Guo Gangtang’s efforts in the past 24 years, but also stressed that to carry out the "reunion" action well requires not only the unremitting joint efforts of the public security organs and the missing and abducted families, but also the support and participation of all sectors of society and the masses. The police force is limited and the people’s strength is endless. Some people will know about the missing and abducted persons, and some people will find traces of the criminals.
"Taking this opportunity, the public security organs are telling those criminals who abduct and sell children that there is no way out for them to continue to abscond. The public security organs have the ability and confidence to arrest you and bring you to justice. It is your only choice to voluntarily surrender as soon as possible and strive for leniency."
In recent years, a series of unsolved cases have been solved one after another, including "the murder of a girl from Southern Medical University" 29 years ago. It cannot be denied that technological innovation has brought dawn to the backlog, but it is not only the victory of technology-behind technology, it is people after all.
Source | Observer Network
Original title: "Looking for 2609 people in 1.4 billion, how did you do it? 》
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