An Indonesian court has convicted 19 people for running a baby trafficking network that unlawfully sold 34 infants to buyers in Indonesia and Singapore, in a case that has sharpened attention on other mothers still caught up in similar schemes, including 39-year-old Jakarta resident Erika Ratna Sari.
Erika fell victim to a separate but structurally similar baby trafficking ring in Jakarta in 2023. Her experience closely mirrors the methods uncovered in the latest case, underlining the wider problem of child trafficking in the region.
