BANGKOK, Sept 1 (TNA) – The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) launched a crackdown on illegal surrogacy involved in arranging Thai women for surrogacy, prior to sending babies abroad.

 

DSI assistant spokesperson Mr. Atsadawut Sripita and head of the DSI’s department of foreign affairs and transnational crime Pol.Capt.Tinnawut Silapat disclosed the raids at Bangkok’s hospitals and the arrest of a member of commercial surrogacy gang in Nong Khai province.  

 

On Aug 23, DSI investigators, along with experts from the Central Institute of Forensic Science and the Ministry of Public Health, conducted searches at three hospitals in Bangkok.

 

Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1232001

 

-- Thai News Agency 2023-09-01

 

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Illegal surrogacy ring busted in Bangkok as police raid three healthcare facilities

by Nattapong Westwood

 

Photo courtesy of KhaoSod.

 

A special investigation team (DSI) raided three healthcare facilities, apprehending an operation secretly arranging surrogate mothers. The illegal surrogacy operation involved Thai women paid to carry pregnancies before the infants were sent abroad. Crucial documents were found during the raid, and legal proceedings are underway.

 

The illegal surrogacy operation news broke out today, at 6.30am. The DSI, under the supervision of Deputy Director Piya Raksakul, assigned Thinwut Silapat, Director of Foreign Affairs and International Crime, together with Arunsri Witchawut and Kanoklada Charoensiri, Special Case Management Directors, to raid three healthcare facilities. They were suspected of secretly arranging surrogate mothers before sending the children overseas.

 

The first illegal surrogacy facility located in the Ngam Wong Wan area, Chatuchak District, Bangkok, was found to be involved in the case. A doctor offering Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) services was identified to be related to the case and had performed body examinations, pregnancy care and childbirth for illegal surrogate mothers between 2018 and 2020.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/illegal-surrogacy-ring-busted-in-bangkok-as-authorities-raid-three-healthcare-facilities

 

-- The Thaiger 2023-09-02

 

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2 hours ago, webfact said:

A special investigation team (DSI) raided three healthcare facilities, apprehending an operation secretly arranging surrogate mothers. The illegal surrogacy operation involved Thai women paid to carry pregnancies before the infants were sent abroad. Crucial documents were found during the raid, and legal proceedings are underway.

Go Thailand... making money out of trafficking babies... Sick people.

Good job here...

 

3 illegally operating clinics not named, and no mention of any legal or licensing action taken against them.

 

3 involved doctors not named, and no mention of any legal or licensing action taken against them.

 

But somebody up in far away Nong Khai is arrested and mentioned only with a first name.

 

If the folks involved here were breaking the law, how about shuttering the clinics and arresting the doctors responsible for enabling the illegal surragacy?