Faganist Ring Uncovered
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 7:20 amROME (AP) - Authorities across Europe arrested 41 Bulgarians on Monday after Italian police uncovered a network that exploited hundreds of children sold by impoverished families in the eastern European country, officials said. [...] Investigators believe the network forced children as young as nine to commit petty thefts, threatening and beating them if they did not take to the streets and fill their daily quota, the Carabinieri said in a statement. <br><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/060529/w052962.html">www.cbc.ca/cp/world/060529/w052962.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>-Sepka the Space Weasel <p></p><i></i>