WikiLeaks Brings to Light Suspected Baby Trafficking from Egypt to Canada

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Source: Globe And Mail

WikiLeaks brings to light suspected baby trafficking from Egypt to Canada
TU THANH HA
From Friday's Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 3:00AM EST
Last updated Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 3:44AM EST

The RCMP and Canadian consular officials in Cairo have been investigating up to a dozen cases where couples are suspected of having trafficked babies from Egypt into Canada, according to leaked diplomatic cables.

The details are outlined in American embassy dispatches made public this week by WikiLeaks.

Some of the suspected cases involve priests of the Coptic Christian community in Egypt, who are trying to find homes for street children but run into Egypt’s Islamic law, which bans adoption, according to a spokesman in Canada.

The crackdown began after American and Egyptian investigators dismantled a ring that used false birth-registration papers to bring babies to the United States, arresting 10 people, including two U.S. citizens, said a February, 2009 cable from the U.S. Cairo embassy.

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