Baby Trafficking

The US government has launched a high-profile sex trafficking and racketeering case against music mogul Sean Combs, aka Diddy, accusing him of orchestrating coercive and abusive sexual encounters at luxury hotels.

Police in Vietnam have arrested more than a dozen people in connection with a baby smuggling ring that trafficked 16 newborns across several cities and provinces in the country.

They were wailing with uncontrollable grief. Reason: their babies were taken away by the police because they were not the biological parents but had bought the babies even though they were bringing them up as their own.

The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested four child traffickers from the Nangloi area here and rescued two babies, officials said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided several locations across Delhi in connection with child trafficking. Three newborn babies were rescued from a house located in the Keshavpuram area of the national capital

A poverty-hit Odisha tribal woman, who was saddened by the birth of a second girl child, allegedly sold her eight-month-old daughter to a couple for a measly Rs 800, police said.

At least 40 exotic animals, including a baby wallaby, were rescued in Assam today in one of the biggest hauls of illegally trafficked animals in the state.

The BJP has expelled a corporator of the Firozabad Municipal Corporation for allegedly buying a seven-month-old boy from child traffickers, the party said on Tuesday.

Congress in Kerala on Wednesday accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of "conspiring" to facilitate the "trafficking" of the child of former SFI leader Anupama Chandran to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh in the name of adoption, without her consent.

A woman who worked in an adoption agency earlier has been arrested in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly trying to sell a five-month-old child for Rs 1.90 lakh, police said on Sunday.

A baby kangaroo, six Macaw parrots, three tortoise and two monkeys were recovered by the Assam Forest Department on Tuesday as the exotic animals were being illegally trafficked in Assam.

A 15-year-old girl, who was allegedly sold by her mother to a trafficker last week in Delhi, has been rescued, Delhi Commission for Women said on Sunday.

Seven people allegedly involved in trafficking of children have been arrested and three babies, including a month-old girl, were rescued in Andhra Pradesh, the police said on Wednesday.

Ten people were arrested for allegedly running a baby trafficking racket in Delhi. Police said five babies were rescued.

Social media companies should step up oversight of their networks and cooperate more closely with authorities, Indonesian child rights advocates said after police busted a human trafficking ring offering babies for sale on Instagram.

The US government has launched a high-profile sex trafficking and racketeering case against music mogul Sean Combs, aka Diddy, accusing him of orchestrating coercive and abusive sexual encounters at luxury hotels.

Police in Vietnam have arrested more than a dozen people in connection with a baby smuggling ring that trafficked 16 newborns across several cities and provinces in the country.

They were wailing with uncontrollable grief. Reason: their babies were taken away by the police because they were not the biological parents but had bought the babies even though they were bringing them up as their own.

The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested four child traffickers from the Nangloi area here and rescued two babies, officials said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided several locations across Delhi in connection with child trafficking. Three newborn babies were rescued from a house located in the Keshavpuram area of the national capital

A poverty-hit Odisha tribal woman, who was saddened by the birth of a second girl child, allegedly sold her eight-month-old daughter to a couple for a measly Rs 800, police said.

At least 40 exotic animals, including a baby wallaby, were rescued in Assam today in one of the biggest hauls of illegally trafficked animals in the state.

The BJP has expelled a corporator of the Firozabad Municipal Corporation for allegedly buying a seven-month-old boy from child traffickers, the party said on Tuesday.

Congress in Kerala on Wednesday accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of "conspiring" to facilitate the "trafficking" of the child of former SFI leader Anupama Chandran to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh in the name of adoption, without her consent.

A woman who worked in an adoption agency earlier has been arrested in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly trying to sell a five-month-old child for Rs 1.90 lakh, police said on Sunday.

A baby kangaroo, six Macaw parrots, three tortoise and two monkeys were recovered by the Assam Forest Department on Tuesday as the exotic animals were being illegally trafficked in Assam.

A 15-year-old girl, who was allegedly sold by her mother to a trafficker last week in Delhi, has been rescued, Delhi Commission for Women said on Sunday.

Seven people allegedly involved in trafficking of children have been arrested and three babies, including a month-old girl, were rescued in Andhra Pradesh, the police said on Wednesday.

Ten people were arrested for allegedly running a baby trafficking racket in Delhi. Police said five babies were rescued.

Social media companies should step up oversight of their networks and cooperate more closely with authorities, Indonesian child rights advocates said after police busted a human trafficking ring offering babies for sale on Instagram.