DNA tests are catching out desperate British couples using false papers to procure newborns, writes Sunday Times of London.
BRITISH couples desperate for children
are illegally procuring newborn babies in Nigeria and bringing them back
to the UK using false documentation.
A former Oxford University lecturer and
his wife are among 12 British couples investigated by police for trying
to bring babies into the UK claiming they are their own, in breach of
immigration law.
The couple were caught after the
British
High Commission in Lagos introduced compulsory DNA testing for Britons
applying for a passport for a newborn baby in suspicious circumstances.
When DNA sample did not match, officials in Lagos called in the Serious Organised Crime Agency to investigate.
Bharti Patel, chief executive of Ecpat
UK, a charity that works with victims of child trafficking, said she
believed that it was likely that many more cases would follow the
introduction of DNA testing at embassies.
“It is encouraging to see these 12 being reported,” she said.
The first of the 12 to come to court in
Britain involved Simon Heap, 47, an academic expert in African studies,
and his wife, Gladys Effa-Heap, 52, a nurse.
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