Tran Nhuan Gia, 52, also known as Wong Danny Gia, will be among eight defendants arraigned at the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court on Thursday for "trafficking persons under the age of 16."
One of the defendants, a local woman named Tran Thi Cam Tu, 35, is also charged with "forging documents of an organization or agency."
According to the indictment, Gia joined social media groups dedicated to child adoption, seeking women who were unable to care for their children and wanted to place them with new families.
He enlisted a man named Doan Le Quoc Huy to contact the mothers, negotiate arrangements, pay money in exchange for the children, and hire caregivers to look after them for a monthly salary of VND10 million (US$380).
Investigators determined that since 2023, he has taken custody of three children in this manner.
