SINGAPORE, June 22 -- Sarah and Adam were waiting nervously at a fast-food restaurant in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, to meet a baby they hoped to adopt.

When a woman suddenly walked in with a newborn, she gave the couple a chilling instruction: "Take now. bring this baby back now."

Shocked by the lack of paperwork, the absence of their agent, and the total void of information about the child, the couple refused and left.

They later discovered their ordeal mirrored a massive baby-trafficking syndicate spanning Indonesia and Singapore, according to CNA.

Currently, 19 individuals are on trial in Indonesia. Court records reveal a ringleader, Lie Siu Luan, confessed to trafficking babies to Singapore, receiving up to S$21,600 (RM69,000) per chi...