Madagascar: Police break child traffic ring

Police in Madagascar have rescued 11 babies between the ages of three weeks and nine months who were in the process of being sent abroad. The rescue followed a raid on a house in the capital Antananarivo where eight men were arrested and charged following a police inquiry on illegal child trafficking. The illicit acquisition and adoption of babies has increased during the last four years in Madagascar, according to Director of Judicial Police Mr Albert Rakotondravao.