The Traffickers' Routes

THE West Kalimantan-Sarawak border has been a hotbed of baby trafficking since the 1980s, local authorities consistently powerless to act. Traffickers have been busted several times, yet the illicit trade continues.

In the past, traffickers smuggled their babies across the border concealed in baskets. Last year, a new operation was devised: smuggling still pregnant women and girls into Malaysia, declaring them as migrants seeking jobs in Sar

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