If the Democratic Republic of Congo is better known for its political instability and its incessant wars, in particular, in the east of the country, there is one of the terrible consequences of which we speak little, it is the trafficking of minor children.
There are countless children reported missing in the DRC to date. Worse, the authorities do not seem to be taking drastic measures to fight against this scourge which nevertheless affects many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. But foreign networks (homosexuals and pedophiles) act discreetly and with impunity, with the complicity of the Congolese, attracted by the sums of money offered. They organize human trafficking, children, in this case, for wealthy Western clients.
In 2013, around 20 children aged 2 months to 5 years were found in an orphanage in Mbuji-Mayi, capital of the eastern province of the DRC, by residents who ransacked the place. They suspected the “pseudo” orphanage of selling children to gay Americans, cover from an NGO called FAGEDAS.
Seven supervisors of this orphanage had been arrested, while the representatives of the NGO are still not found.
Another terrible affair that began in 2015. A dozen Congolese children aged 3 or 4 had been taken from their biological parents, supposedly sent to summer camp by the NGO Planet Junior. In reality, they had been sent to an orphanage in Kinshasa, before being put up for adoption in Belgium with false papers. At least 3 children were affected in Belgium.