File footage from Wednesday, May 1 -- A Chinese groom and Pakistani bride in Faisalabad, Pakistan arrive at a wedding hall for a marriage that was part of a sting operation that led Pakistani investigators to brokers and pastors arranging fraudulent marriages and taking part in human trafficking.
Human Rights Watch has raised alarms about bride smuggling from Pakistan to China, saying many girls and women are at risk of being pushed into prostitution. The group says the allegations are similar to the pattern of trafficking women to China from at least five other Asian countries. Women's families are paid thousands of dollars, but the women themselves can end up sold into sexual slavery for years.
The Chinese Embassy in Islamabad says it has sent a task force to Pakistan to cooperate with law enforcement, and Beijing says it supports Pakistan's efforts to ensure cross-border marriages are legal. However, the embassy statement disputed reports that Pakistani women are subject to forced prostitution or human organ transplants in China.
