【資料】「赤ちゃん工房」摘発

　カテゴリ的には「ナイジェリア事情」を当てておこう。ナイジェリアでは時折発生する、赤ちゃん工房の摘発事例。

BBC Six women rescued in Nigeria 'baby factory' raid 1 Jun 2023

「Nigerian police have rescued six pregnant women after busting a suspected “baby factory” in Rivers state, local media report.

Police said they had arrested a 39-year-old woman, the alleged owner of the child trafficking home.

They said she had confessed to the crime and that she had been in the trafficking business for a long time.」

「工房」主は39歳の女性。

「“The prime suspect and her accomplice are currently in custody and further investigation is in top gear for the possible arrest of other suspects in connection with the crime,” the state commissioner of police, Polycarp Emeka, was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

Stories of the so-called "baby factories" are not uncommon in Nigeria – where women are abducted for the purpose of getting them pregnant and selling the babies.」

　とまあ、だいぶ組織的・大規模な事例のようで、それでニュースになったという感。

　ともあれ資料集として、ちょっと記録しておく。