Thirteen Filipino women were sentenced to four years in prison for acting as surrogates in a human trafficking ring that sold babies to foreigners. Two years of their sentence are suspended, pending no further crimes. The women are currently in a police hospital and won't serve time until after giving birth.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted on human trafficking -related charges for acting as surrogates in Cambodia for a ring selling babies to foreigners for cash.The women were each sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of selling, buying or exchanging a person for cross-border transfer, the Kandal Provincial Court said late Monday, December 2, 2024.
Authorities have said the business that recruited the women was based in Thailand, and that their food and accommodation in Cambodia was organized there.The women were arrested in late September in a raid on a villa in Kandal province, where authorities found 20 Filipinos and four Vietnamese.At the time the women were charged in October, Cambodia’s Interior Ministry said the ringleaders had not been identified.
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