Philippine police arrest surrogate mothers-to-be in human trafficking crackdown

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated January 4 2017 - 12:19pm, first published 7:44am
Surrogate mother Hour Vanny who gave birth to a baby girl now living in Melbourne. Photo: Craig Skehan
Surrogate mother Hour Vanny who gave birth to a baby girl now living in Melbourne. Photo: Craig Skehan
A woman plays with a child in Khmounh, Cambodia, where dozens of women have signed surrogacy agreements to bear children for foreigners. Photo: Craig Skehan
A woman plays with a child in Khmounh, Cambodia, where dozens of women have signed surrogacy agreements to bear children for foreigners. Photo: Craig Skehan

Bangkok: A "human trafficking syndicate" has been hiring Filipino women to travel to Cambodia to carry surrogacy babies for foreigners, including Australians, Philippine authorities say.

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