A human snake group in Changhua County, Taiwan is suspected of posting messages on social networks to lure more than 50 people to Cambodia and other places with high salaries. On Monday (15th), the Changhua District Prosecutor’s Office instructed the Central Criminal Bureau’s Crime Suppression Center and other units to arrest four members of the group including the head of the gang surnamed Zhang. After the prosecutor’s hearing, Zhang was detained by the court on Tuesday (16th). The court ruled that she was detained and banned from seeing her in the early morning of Wednesday (17th). The other three were released on bail and returned.
Prosecutors pointed out that the group has a division of labor, and most of its members use Facebook or Instagram to post messages, lure young people who make money with high salaries, and then make profits by trafficking in human beings following the victims leave the country. On Monday, the police dispatched nearly 50 police officers to conduct searches in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung. They arrested 41-year-old Zhang Nvshetou and others. They seized 9 mobile phones, the victim’s passport and documents, notebooks, accommodation receipts and other evidence. Among them, the notebooks recorded the exit information of dozens of victims, and the police later successfully blocked five victims who were regarding to leave the country.
The prosecutor’s investigation pointed out that Zhang was the person in charge of the Human Snake Group in Taiwan. Since the beginning of May this year, she has successively instructed members of her surnames Lin, Liu and Chen to pick up and drop off victims, handle passports, and book air tickets. 26,500 Hong Kong dollars); if you successfully arrive in Thailand, you can get 10,000 to 16,000 yuan (regarding 2,650 to 4,200 Hong Kong dollars). After the interrogation, the prosecution applied to the court late on Tuesday night to detain Zhang and was approved by the court, and ordered Chen to post bail at 20,000 yuan (regarding 5,300 Hong Kong dollars), while Liu and Lin asked to return.
