Infant Trafficking Under the Guise of Adoption Involves Doctors
Newborns are being traded illegally. The illicit practice, disguised as adoption, occurs at health clinics and hospitals.
Front view of YK Midwife Practice in North Jakarta, Thursday (23/2/2023). The midwife was indicated to be facilitating the illegal adoption of babies.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — A Kompas investigation has revealed that midwives and doctors are involved in infant trafficking under the guise of adoption as part of a baby trafficking syndicate. The midwives persuade mothers who give birth to illegitimate children, while the doctors provide legal documents and find adoptive parents through unofficial channels.
The cost of purchasing newborns reaches Rp 30 million. The money is used to cover the cost of childbirth and issuing birth certificates. Health workers were found to be involved in the provinces of East Java, Banten and Jakarta.