Depok police bust baby-trafficking syndicate selling newborns in Bali


JAKARTA: The Depok Police in West Java have uncovered a cross-provincial baby-trafficking ring that allegedly bought newborns online and sold them to residents, some of them foreigners, of the resort island of Bali.

Depok Police chief Sr Cmr Arya Perdana announced earlier this week that they had arrested eight persons involved in the “well-organised” crime, including a broker, an intermediary and the parents of two babies who were about to be sent from Depok to Bali.

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