Five suspects in an alleged infant trafficking ring have been arrested in the southern province of Dong Nai . The ring has allegedly bought and sold about 30 infants since 2007.
The suspects include Huynh Van Hay of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hien and Pham Van Nam of Dong Nai, and Nguyen Thi Nuong and Tran Van Duc of Soc Trang Province .
Hay and Hien made a confession to police that they had bought infants at prices of 5-10 million VND (263-526 USD) each from women with unwanted pregnancies in the southern provinces of Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vinh Long, Soc Trang, An Giang, and Can Tho City as well as HCM City.
They then resold them to a woman named Hoa at a profit of 3-7 million VND (157-368 USD) each. Hien, who had worked as a prostitute and herself had had an unwanted pregnancy, sold her own twin infants for 8 million VND (421 USD).
According to the confession, Hien bought seven newborn babies from Nuong and Duc in the city of Vung Tau for 7.5 milllion VND (394 USD) each and five more babies from Pham Van Nam in Dong Nai in 2008.
She also admitted selling infants to women in Hai Duong Province and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province to be brought to China . Police in Hanoi have already arrested these two suspects.
Police said they were currently hunting for Hoa, the alleged ringleader.
A Cambodian national has also been arrested for allegedly trafficking a Vietnamese woman to Cambodia .
Police nabbed Phan Ly, a Cambodia citizen, in Chau Doc district in the southern province of An Giang last month in an alleged attempt to traffic Van Thi Hue to Cambodia, where Ly had promised her work as a waitress at wages of 1 million VND (52 USD) per month.
Ly confessed to police that she could earn 50 USD for each woman she successfully transported to Cambodia./.
The suspects include Huynh Van Hay of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hien and Pham Van Nam of Dong Nai, and Nguyen Thi Nuong and Tran Van Duc of Soc Trang Province .
Hay and Hien made a confession to police that they had bought infants at prices of 5-10 million VND (263-526 USD) each from women with unwanted pregnancies in the southern provinces of Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vinh Long, Soc Trang, An Giang, and Can Tho City as well as HCM City.
They then resold them to a woman named Hoa at a profit of 3-7 million VND (157-368 USD) each. Hien, who had worked as a prostitute and herself had had an unwanted pregnancy, sold her own twin infants for 8 million VND (421 USD).
According to the confession, Hien bought seven newborn babies from Nuong and Duc in the city of Vung Tau for 7.5 milllion VND (394 USD) each and five more babies from Pham Van Nam in Dong Nai in 2008.
She also admitted selling infants to women in Hai Duong Province and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province to be brought to China . Police in Hanoi have already arrested these two suspects.
Police said they were currently hunting for Hoa, the alleged ringleader.
A Cambodian national has also been arrested for allegedly trafficking a Vietnamese woman to Cambodia .
Police nabbed Phan Ly, a Cambodia citizen, in Chau Doc district in the southern province of An Giang last month in an alleged attempt to traffic Van Thi Hue to Cambodia, where Ly had promised her work as a waitress at wages of 1 million VND (52 USD) per month.
Ly confessed to police that she could earn 50 USD for each woman she successfully transported to Cambodia./.
