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Malaysia busts child trafficking ring
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
Malaysian police have smashed a child trafficking racket and rescued eight children and babies, an official said on Sunday.
Police also detained 16 suspects, including four Indonesian women, in a sting operation after an Indonesian woman was nabbed on Monday when she tried to sell a 23-day-old baby girl for 10,000 ringgit ($A3,529).
In December last year, Malaysian police busted a baby-selling syndicate which had been operating for more than five years and arrested 13 people, including a doctor, and rescued five infants.
A woman and her two daughters were later charged with trafficking in babies. They face up to 20 years in jail if found guilty.
The syndicates usually bought the babies from poor local women, from neighbouring countries or from foreign maids in the country who were talked out of having abortions. They then sold them to childless couples.
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