Agents of the Argentine Federal Police carried out a series of investigations that resulted in raids on various medical institutions and legal offices in the provinces of Santa Fe and Buenos Aires. These actions were carried out within the framework of an investigation into illegal intermediation in the delivery of newborns to foreign citizens through womb surrogacy, with the participation of Argentine women in vulnerable situations.
The investigation originated after an alert received by the Argentine Foreign Ministry, related to a case in Germany. An Argentine consulate reported that a 58-year-old woman showed up at a hospital with a baby, claiming to be its mother. The German authorities, upon verifying that the child was in poor health, removed the custody of the woman, who had registered the birth in Buenos Aires after undergoing fertilization treatment in a private clinic.
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The investigation identified the minor’s surrogate and revealed that the fertilization process was carried out in a medical institution in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Federal agents determined that there was a transnational criminal organization that was dedicated to capturing vulnerable womenwho were offered financial compensation in exchange for renting their wombs. This organization reportedly operated in fertilization centers in Buenos Aires and Rosario, with the aim of selling newborns to foreign couples without residence in Argentina.
In addition, it was discovered that legal firms and notary offices were involved in preparing documents that forced surrogate mothers to renounce any contact with their children after birth, under the condition that the pregnancy be terminated if anomalies were detected.
The National Criminal and Federal Correctional Court No. 5, headed by Dr. María Eugenia Capuchetti, issued orders for 16 searches in Buenos Aires and Santa Fe, as well as five presentation orders in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. During the proceedings, with the support of the Office of the Prosecutor for Human Trafficking and Exploitation (PROTEX), a considerable amount of documentation was seized that will be used as evidence in the case.
