Addicted to gambling, a 36-year-old Indonesian father was arrested for selling his 11-month-old baby in order to reduce his debts.
His wife had to insist before learning the terrible reality. In debt due to his gambling addiction, a father living in Tangerang, west of Jakarta, committed the irreparable. “He ended up confessing that he had sold the baby“, indicates the local police chief, quoted by the Daily Mail.
Suspected traffickers arrested
Behind his partner’s back, this thirty-year-old agreed to give up his child for the sum of 15 million Indonesian rupiahs, the equivalent of 900 euros. A sum that he was quick to spend on the internet.
According to the Daily Mail, the alleged buyers were arrested. They are suspected of being involved in a vast network of human traffickers.
As the British media specifies, the Asia-Pacific is considered a real hub for this illegal business. Nearly half of human trafficking victims come from this region of the world.
