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BANDUNG, West Java:\u00a0<\/span>At least 34 babies were allegedly trafficked by an Indonesian syndicate, including at least 10 who were taken to Singapore and sold for as much as S$18,000 (US$14,000) per child, prosecutors at a district court in Bandung, West Java said on Tuesday (Apr 7).<\/p>\n The allegations came as prosecutors laid out a litany of charges against the defendants – comprising 18 women and one man – who now face a maximum sentence of 15 years\u00a0<\/span>in jail for their purported roles in the syndicate.\u00a0<\/p>\n The babies were trafficked to Singapore between 2023 and 2025, prosecutors said.\u00a0<\/p>\n The case began \u201csome time in 2023\u201d when one of the defendants, Lie Siu Luan, also known as Lily, was in contact with a Singaporean named Petter, who requested that Lily find him babies for adoption.<\/span><\/p>\n The\u00a0Singaporean, whose full identity was not mentioned in the charges, told Lily \u201cto find fake parents for the babies\u201d and get them to sign \u201cForm ACA-2\u201d in front of an Indonesian notary. The form refers to a document for a birth parent or relevant party to give consent for the adoption of a child under Singapore\u2019s Adoption of Children Act (ACA) of 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n