Created group 'Infertile families, please adopt children' to buy and sell children

Previously, through monitoring the situation on cyberspace, Thanh Hoa City Police discovered that the group "Infertile families requesting adoption" had a number of subjects showing signs of transferring and trafficking people under 16 years old with the trick of adopting children, so they established a special project to fight.

During the investigation, Thanh Hoa City Police discovered that Pham Thi Hang had a criminal record for “Forgery of documents” and also participated in the group “Infertile families seeking adoption”. Hang herself was in the process of selling a 5-day-old daughter of a woman in Vo Nhai District, Thai Nguyen Province to a family in Hoa Quy Commune, Nhu Xuan District (Thanh Hoa) for 45 million VND.

Using professional measures, on the afternoon of June 11, 2024, Thanh Hoa City Police caught Pham Thi Hang red-handed while trading and selling a 5-day-old girl at Thu Ha motel, To Vinh Dien street, Dien Bien ward, Thanh Hoa city.

According to the initial investigation results of the Thanh Hoa City Police Department: Due to difficult circumstances, Ms. NTM, who was 9 months pregnant with her daughter, went to the online group "Infertile families requesting adoption" to contact someone to raise her child after birth. After contacting Pham Thi Hang's Facebook account "Hang pham", Ms. M stated her wish to find someone to raise her child after birth, so Hang agreed. Hang promised to pay all hospital fees and expenses for Ms. M to take the bus from Thai Nguyen to Thanh Hoa.

After that, Hang contacted and sold the baby to an infertile family in Nhu Xuan district for 45 million VND. To gain the buyer's trust, Hang forged the birth certificate for her niece. However, while carrying out the transaction, she was discovered and arrested by Thanh Hoa City Police.

At the scene, the police seized 6 birth certificates (suspected to be fake) from Hang, and when they inspected Pham Thi Hang's residence in Hoang Dao commune, Hoang Hoa district, the police discovered that Hang was raising 3 pregnant women. According to the initial statement, Hang had agreed with them that after giving birth, Hang would contact them to complete the procedures for the adoption and pay each of them 10 million VND.

During the investigation, the Thanh Hoa City Police Department seized many documents related to Pham Thi Hang's act of trafficking in persons under 16 years old in the form of bank transfer. Currently, the Thanh Hoa City Police Department has issued a decision to temporarily detain Pham Thi Hang for the crime of "Trafficking in persons under 16 years old" for further investigation and strict handling according to the provisions of law.