An illegal human egg farm run by the Chinese mafia in soviet Georgia with 100 women trapped has been exposed after the Pavena Foundation freed three Thai women from the farm -- Sayori Espinoza, 6th grade.
An illegal human egg farm run by the Chinese mafia in soviet Georgia with 100 women trapped has been exposed after the Pavena Foundation freed three Thai women from the farm, according to the Bangkok Post.
Pavena Hongsakula, founder of the foundation says she found out about the gruesome situation through another victim who had been freed earlier, after paying about 70,000 baht or 2,058.88 USD for their release. According to the Bangkok Post, The other victim told Ms. Pavena about the egg farm and that there were still people there due to their inability to pay for it.
On January 30th, the Foreign Affairs police, who had gotten involved with the investigation, were finally able to track the victims down and bring them back to Thailand safely, according to Ms. Pavena.
How did it happen?
In a public livestream on the Pavena Foundation For Children And Women’s Facebook page, the three victims talked about how it happened and what had happened. One victim said she saw an advertisement on Facebook for a job promising 400,000 to 600,000 baht (11,766.79 to 17,653.30 USD). When she contacted the person who put the ad up, she was told it was a surrogate job, that it was for couples in Georgia who could not conceive children. They added that it was completely legal. Her employer paid for everything, such as passport applications, traveling expenses, etc.
The victim was travelling with 10 other women, along with aThai woman, believed to be working with the gang behind the operation, was along for the trip as their travel guide. They were deceived. The tour guide first took them to a hotel for three nights; after which they were taken on a tour of the area for pictures before finally going on a train to what would be the most horrific place they’d been to.
On the day of arrival, the tour guide confiscated their passports, and the victims would then go to an area with four houses. She was placed in the first house, where around 60 women were also there, many in poor health. The following day she was placed in the second home, she said there were around 10 women in that house. She believed around 100 women were held across the four houses. According to The Nation.
In these houses, the victims were forcibly injected with hormone treatments to increase egg production. Once a month, they would go under anesthesia while their eggs were removed and collected. These eggs were then believed to, by Ms. Pavena, be trafficked and sold to other countries for use in IVF treatments.
And because of such treatments, the survivors report severe health issues due to the improper and invasive medical procedures. They report feelings of distress and physical exhaustion.
Paying for their freedom.
Ms. Pavena quoted the victim, saying that those who wanted to return home had to pay a ransom of 50,000-70,000 baht for their release as that was the cost of their living expenses and plane ride. Because a lot of the women there didn’t have that type of money, they had no choice but to stay, continuing to get their once a month egg procedures.
The victim was released on September 9th after her parents had transferred the money to the bank account of the gang members running the place. Before she left the house, three other women begged and pleaded for her help. These women did not have the money for their release but did not want to continue having their eggs harvested.
Soon after, Pavena would gain assistance from Pol Maj Gen Suraphan, commander of the foreign affairs division of the royal thai police. Surphan would then contact Interpol, which would lead to the rescuing of three other women. They would safely return back to Thailand on January 30th.
The women who were saved are now under the care of the foundation, however, Ms. Pavena has urged the Thai government to seek assistance from the Chinese government to track down the gang and shut down the operation for good.
Pavena Hongsakula, founder of the foundation says she found out about the gruesome situation through another victim who had been freed earlier, after paying about 70,000 baht or 2,058.88 USD for their release. According to the Bangkok Post, The other victim told Ms. Pavena about the egg farm and that there were still people there due to their inability to pay for it.
On January 30th, the Foreign Affairs police, who had gotten involved with the investigation, were finally able to track the victims down and bring them back to Thailand safely, according to Ms. Pavena.
How did it happen?
In a public livestream on the Pavena Foundation For Children And Women’s Facebook page, the three victims talked about how it happened and what had happened. One victim said she saw an advertisement on Facebook for a job promising 400,000 to 600,000 baht (11,766.79 to 17,653.30 USD). When she contacted the person who put the ad up, she was told it was a surrogate job, that it was for couples in Georgia who could not conceive children. They added that it was completely legal. Her employer paid for everything, such as passport applications, traveling expenses, etc.
The victim was travelling with 10 other women, along with aThai woman, believed to be working with the gang behind the operation, was along for the trip as their travel guide. They were deceived. The tour guide first took them to a hotel for three nights; after which they were taken on a tour of the area for pictures before finally going on a train to what would be the most horrific place they’d been to.
On the day of arrival, the tour guide confiscated their passports, and the victims would then go to an area with four houses. She was placed in the first house, where around 60 women were also there, many in poor health. The following day she was placed in the second home, she said there were around 10 women in that house. She believed around 100 women were held across the four houses. According to The Nation.
In these houses, the victims were forcibly injected with hormone treatments to increase egg production. Once a month, they would go under anesthesia while their eggs were removed and collected. These eggs were then believed to, by Ms. Pavena, be trafficked and sold to other countries for use in IVF treatments.
And because of such treatments, the survivors report severe health issues due to the improper and invasive medical procedures. They report feelings of distress and physical exhaustion.
Paying for their freedom.
Ms. Pavena quoted the victim, saying that those who wanted to return home had to pay a ransom of 50,000-70,000 baht for their release as that was the cost of their living expenses and plane ride. Because a lot of the women there didn’t have that type of money, they had no choice but to stay, continuing to get their once a month egg procedures.
The victim was released on September 9th after her parents had transferred the money to the bank account of the gang members running the place. Before she left the house, three other women begged and pleaded for her help. These women did not have the money for their release but did not want to continue having their eggs harvested.
Soon after, Pavena would gain assistance from Pol Maj Gen Suraphan, commander of the foreign affairs division of the royal thai police. Surphan would then contact Interpol, which would lead to the rescuing of three other women. They would safely return back to Thailand on January 30th.
The women who were saved are now under the care of the foundation, however, Ms. Pavena has urged the Thai government to seek assistance from the Chinese government to track down the gang and shut down the operation for good.
