Nigerian 'baby farm' raided – 32 pregnant girls rescued

[me b zola]

Nigerian 'baby farm' raided – 32 pregnant girls rescued


Teenage mothers were allegedly forced to give up newborns to human traffickers in southern city of Aba

David Smith in Johannesburg


The Guardian, Thursday 2 June 2011 11.12 EDT


Nigerian police have raided an alleged "baby farm" where teenage mothers were forced to give up their newborns for sale to human traffickers.

Thirty-two pregnant girls were rescued from a maternity home run by a trafficking ring in the southern city of Aba, police said.

The girls, mostly of school age, were allegedly locked up at the Cross Foundation clinic so they could produce babies to be sold for illegal adoption or for use in ritual witchcraft.

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Human trafficking is ranked the third most common crime in Nigeria - after financial fraud and drug trafficking - according to Unesco's report on human trafficking in Nigeria. At least 10 children are sold every day across the country, according to the UN. Traffickers are seldom caught.


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http://www.theguardian.com/law/2011/jun/02/nigeria-baby-farm-raided-human-trafficking

[shenmue]

1. Mercy

I'm glad they put a stop to this one. Doubtless there are many more. May they all be closed.

[me b zola]

4. Thank you

I share your sentiment. May they all be closed.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I hate it when a concept from fiction

turns out to be real...

[MoonRiver]

3. As soon as I think the human species can't get any lower

I read something like this.

[WhiteTara]

5. Having been so innured to suffering by war

life is meaningless, some people can do these things and think nothing except profits. Of course, banksters do the same things on a different scale.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. witchcraft?

So, it's not just kidnapping, but murder charges?

[Aerows]

7. There are some evil

evil people in this world . I hope those women are cared for and these foul creatures that held them see justice.