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Kenya: Hospital Staff Arrested in Child Trafficking Ring Investigation
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 18 November 2020
Kenyan child trafficking syndicates - from street clinics to a government-run hospital - were stealing babies from vulnerable mothers to be sold for as little as $400 Read more »
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Kenya: Team Formed to Probe Child Theft
Nation, 18 November 2020
A multi-agency team of investigators has been put together to look into child trafficking, following a BBC expose on the theft of babies in Nairobi. Read more »
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Kenya: 3 Suspects Linked to Child Trafficking Arrested, Manhunt for Accomplices Launched
Capital FM, 18 November 2020
Three medical officers who are key suspects in child trafficking and part of a larger organized scheme operating in Nairobi have been arrested in an operation mounted by members of… Read more »
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Kenya: Govt Launches Probe on Baby Theft After BBC's 'The Baby Stealers' Exposé
Nairobi News, 18 November 2020
The government has ordered an investigation into the theft and sale of babies following a BBC investigation into the black market trade in the city's public hospitals. Read more »
Kenyan Authorities Shut Down U.S.$400-a-Baby Racket
Three hospital staff have reportedly been arrested in a probe into the theft and sale of babies, accusing some public hospitals and care homes of colluding with organised crime. Authorities acted after a BBC investigation revealed how Kenyan child trafficking syndicates - from street clinics to a government-run hospital - were stealing babies from vulnerable mothers to be sold for as little as U.S.$400. Kenya is reportedly a source, transit and destination country for men, women and children who are trafficked into forced labour and sexual slavery, according to the U.S. State Department's 2020 Trafficking in Persons report. Once bought or lured, children are forced into domestic work, farming, fishing, herding, street vending and begging. Girls and boys are also forced into sex work and this includes sex tourism on the coast, the report added.
