When caught; however, many people believe that the punishment is not severe enough. Another claim made in an article is that “purchasers of trafficked children should be punished as human traffickers are.” (like citing a source without the author's name) The theory is that if there is no one to buy people they will no longer be sold. There is currently no law that punishes buyers. In the United States, which accuses Russia and China of human trafficking, it is stated that “China condones or fails to prosecute forced labor in numerous manufacturing industries and permits the trafficking of women for the purposes of domestic servitude, forced marriage, and prostitution ”. (Gearan par. 7) Not only do they allow people to be bought without punishment, but they do not even punish those who enslave others