put your hand away, please. put your hand down. reporter: this man bought two boys from the changmi trafficking ring. within they raided his house, they found several half naked boys. the number of child sex slaves in thailand vary from 10,000 to 200,000. part of a vast criminal industry which treats children as commodities. dan rivers, cnn, changmi. we have this update about that slave ring in northern thailand. the leader was sentenced to 84 years in prison for human trafficking and sexual abuse, a sentence that was cut in half because the judges said he had cooperated with investigators the monk you saw has been expelled from the buddhist order received a 21-year sentence. world business today will be right back.
canceled flights in scotland and northern england. mr. obama will be visiting buckingham palace where he ll spend two nights. the president left ireland for the uk ahead of schedule last night due to that cloud of volcanic ash. in the u.s., the tornado that blew through missouri has claimed 116 lives and left a trail of destruction. the u.s. national weather service says it was the most deadly tornado in more than 60 years. those are the headlines, i m zain vergee at cnn in london. world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. the top stories on tuesday, may 24th, under the weather, travel trouble looms as volcanic ash blows towards europe. meanwhile, investors on the continent have caught debt contagent fever. the scramble in the cockpit to save the airliner. they don t have ability to go anywhere. they don t have ability to