The World - News from Dec. 9, 1985
Four men arrested in Austria last week for attempting to smuggle 11 gypsy children from Yugoslavia into Italy were part of a ring that has kidnaped about 100 children since 1980, including some that were sold to American or Italian families for $2,777 to $5,554, an Austrian police spokesman said. He said other kidnaped children were brought to Italy and trained to be burglars, pickpockets or beggars.
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