{"id":334749,"date":"2025-07-19T11:21:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T16:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=334749"},"modified":"2025-07-17T23:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T04:44:54","slug":"baby-traffickers-busted-indonesia-buyers-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/baby-traffickers-busted-indonesia-buyers-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby traffickers busted in Indonesia after selling to buyers in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On July 14, 2025, Indonesian authorities <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mothership.sg\/2025\/07\/baby-traffickers-singapore\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uncovered<\/span><\/a>\u00a0a baby trafficking ring<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allegedly culpable for selling babies to buyers in Singapore. The operation resulted in the <\/span>arrests of 12 suspects<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who were responsible for transporting babies, recruiting, forging documents, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Key Takeaways:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Twelve members of a baby trafficking syndicate selling babies in Singapore were arrested in Indonesia days ago.<\/li>\n<li>Investigation is ongoing to determine if there were babies sold in other countries as well.<\/li>\n<li>Authorities say the first reports came from parents, and 24 babies have been trafficked that they know of. Six have been rescued.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Details:<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hendra Rochmawan, head of public relations for the West Java Police, told local media that the 12 suspects held different roles in the syndicate, including acting as initial recruiters, being caregivers to the babies, and acting as couriers who delivered the infants to the clients\u2019 intended destinations. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/asia\/indonesia-singapore-baby-trafficking-west-java-adoption-5238996\">local media<\/a>, Singapore was one of those destinations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe did not only detain the suspects, we also seized some evidence such as (fake) identity cards, passports and other documents identifying the victims,\u201d Rochmawan noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Director of General Criminal Investigation, known solely by the name Surawan, also indicated that probes are still ongoing, not ruling out the possibility that babies were trafficked to countries besides Singapore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMost of the babies come from the West Java region. Our initial information came from reports by parents regarding suspected child abductions. Based on preliminary findings, 24 babies have already been trafficked,\u201d Surawan declared, in remarks <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jakartaglobe.id\/news\/west-java-police-arrest-12-suspects-in-international-baby-trafficking-ring\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quoted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the Jakarta Globe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Globe added:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The perpetrators disguised their activities as adoption processes when in fact the goal was to sell babies abroad. Each baby was priced at around Rp 11 million (approximately USD 700).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The suspects are now charged under child abduction and\/or human trafficking laws, with a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per Surawan, the six babies who were rescued were transported to Bhayangkara Sartika Asih Hospital in Bandung for medical treatment.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe plan is for all victims to be placed in the shelter of the West Java Social Service,\u201d said Surawan, as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/asia\/indonesia-singapore-baby-trafficking-west-java-adoption-5238996\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Kompas.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, Surawan elaborated, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMost of the cases originate from West Java. The case started from a report made by a parent whose child was kidnapped, and we developed the case based on the suspects in West Java.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What We&#8217;re Hearing:<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to investigations conducted on the suspects, authorities discovered that each baby successfully transported to Singapore was sold for the price of up to 20 million rupiah (a little over $1,200 USD).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe babies were bought from the biological mothers for about 11 million to 16 million rupiah [about $675-$981 USD],\u201d said Surawan in another interview, as cited by CNN Indonesia. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surawan stated that the suspects had obtained some of the babies from parents who voluntarily gave them up while others were reportedly abducted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is not the first time a baby smuggling ring to Singapore from Indonesia was uncovered.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, Indonesian authorities<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/asia\/indonesia-singapore-baby-trafficking-west-java-adoption-5238996\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">detained<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">three suspects in Batam for allegedly intending to sell a three-month-old baby boy to Singapore for about US $8,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>Follow Live Action News on <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> and <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/LiveActionOrg\/\"><b><i>Instagram<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> for more pro-life news.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 14, 2025, Indonesian authorities uncovered\u00a0a baby trafficking ring allegedly culpable for selling babies to buyers in Singapore. 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