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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