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Baby-selling ring busted in Indonesia

Published - October 12, 2018 09:58 pm IST - Jakarta

Indonesia has busted a child-trafficking ring that offered babies for sale on Instagram, arresting four people including a potential buyer from the resort island of Bali, police said on Friday. Police began investigating after finding suspicious social media posts offering adoption services for mothers who gave birth out of wedlock, the police said. The page claims to offer “family solutions” and lists the personal details of women offering to sell their child.

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