US EditionNigerian Woman Found Guilty of Trafficking Baby to UK with Fake Birth Story
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 14 – The UK Family Court ruled for adoption after DNA tests disproved biological ties and found evidence of forged documents and possible baby trafficking from Nigeria, experts say.
- Susan, a Nigerian woman who had been residing in England with her family since mid-2023, was detained by Sussex Police upon her return from Nigeria with an infant she falsely asserted was her own child.
- Her detention comes after health officials in Anambra State conducted an operation earlier in 2024 that revealed facilities where women, including teenagers as young as 17, were held and compelled to give up their newborn babies in illegal adoption centers.
- Investigators found messages on Susan's phone indicating a transaction to obtain the baby, and a Family Court judge concluded she staged a false birth scene in Nigeria.
- Patricia Durr, who leads the anti-trafficking organization ECPAT, highlighted that financial transactions involving children are occurring extensively across regions in the global south, and she described such incidents as particularly atrocious.
- Since 2021, the UK has placed limitations on adoption procedures involving Nigeria in response to concerns over organised child trafficking, and individuals who falsely assert parental rights are subject to legal action to combat these offenses.
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Woman faked baby's birth story to smuggle tot into Britain
A woman living in West Yorkshire told her doctor she was pregnant before leaving for Nigeria and returning with a very young baby girl.However, it was later proved that she lied to her doctor and the baby was not hers.The woman was arrested at Gatwick Airport last June on suspicion of trafficking.The case was heard in the Family Court with experts saying there was a worrying trend of babies possibly being brought to the UK unlawfully - some from…
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