Swoop on surrogacy network
Disguised for years as cleaning company
Cybercrime police have cracked down on an illegal transnational surrogacy ring disguised as a cleaning company.
The officers acted after discovering that surrogate mothers were unable to deliver surrogate children to their parents overseas due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The authorities raided 10 locations involved in the illegal transnational surrogacy network in and around Bangkok, arresting three surrogate agents and four Thai surrogate mothers.
The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) on Friday revealed details of its operation against such illegal surrogacy in Thailand.
Leading the media conference were deputy public health minister Sathit Pitutecha, CCIB commissioner Pol Lt Gen Kornchai Klayklueng, Tares Krassanairawiwong, director-general…