Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-01-19 | Page 5 | Alleged Slave Ring Head Caught, Indicted in Japan

Alleged Slave Ring Head Caught Indicted in Japan TOKYO J Jan n. n 19 UP UP The The alleged alleged al- al eged leader of a child slave ring Yasuji Suzuki has been Indicted in the Fukushima prefecture where stricken poverty-stricken farmers have lave been selling children for or as little ittle as 50 cents in cash and a handful of dried gourd shavings Investigations revealed that at least 98 children 51 54 boys and 40 girls have been sold to the slave traders in the past two months Ages o of the children involved ranged from 13 to 18 years