Thirteen women from the Philippines have been sentenced to four years in prison in Cambodia for acting as surrogate mothers for foreign clients. Commercial surrogacy is illegal in Cambodia, where it falls under a human trafficking law.

THE Philippine Embassy in Cambodia has confirmed that 13 Filipinas were sentenced to two-year imprisonment over their involvement in a surrogacy scheme, which i

A Cambodian provincial court has handed down four-year jail terms for 13 Filipinas convicted of human trafficking and running an illegal surrogacy ring while police and immigration have begun deporting hundreds of Chinese suspected of running scam compounds.

Thirteen Filipino women were meted a four-year sentence, eventually reduced to two, in Cambodia for violating the surrogacy ban in the country, according to the Philippine Embassy in Phnom Penh.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday the offsprings of the 13 trafficked Filipina women convicted in Cambodia for violating the surrogacy ban in the country will be considered Filipino nationals.

The women, all from the Philippines, were found in a villa during a police raid acting as surrogates, along with others from the same country and Vietnam. Those who were not pregnant at the time were deported,

Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted on human trafficking-related charges for acting as surrogates in Cambodia for a ring selling babies to foreigners for cash.

Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted of human trafficking in Cambodia for intending to sell babies they carried through surrogacy. They were sentenced to four years in prison, but with two years suspended,