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Indonesia police bust baby-trafficking syndicate selling newborns in Bali
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Adoptive parents paid up to 45 million rupiah (S$3,800) to secure a baby.
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JAKARTA – The police in Depok city in West Java have uncovered a cross-provincial baby-trafficking ring in Indonesia that allegedly bought newborns online and sold them to residents – some of them foreigners – in Bali.
Depok police chief Arya Perdana announced earlier this week that they had arrested eight people 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.
