India Child Protection Officers Held In Trafficking Probe

Two child protection officers have been arrested for alleged links with a trafficking gang that ran illegal adoption centres in eastern India selling children to foreign couples, police said Saturday. Investigators said children aged between six months and 14 years were sold in illegal adoptions to couples from Europe, America and Asia for between $12,000 … Read more

Orphanage Shut Down For Selling Babies In Eastern India

Two people running an adoption centre in West Bengal which is suspected of selling at least 17 children to couples abroad have been arrested, police said on Tuesday. The orphanage allegedly sold children as young as six months to families in Europe, America and Asia for between $12,000 and $23,000. Police arrested the head of … Read more

India Arrests Heads of Adoption Centre Over Trafficking

Indian police said Tuesday they have arrested the heads of an adoption centre suspected of selling at least 17 children to foreign couples, the latest trafficking scandal to hit the country. Investigators said children aged between six months and 14 years were sold to couples from Europe, America and Asia for between $12,000 and $23,000 … Read more