Great investigative journalism. And so, so sad that these hopeful parents were scammed. Terrible that someone could do this to a child. The conclusion doesn’t give me hope though. The alleged scam organizations didn’t respond to questions and … that’s it? No one is going to jail?

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zwnow 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Well before one can go into jail there must be a trial. I am not religious but for people like this I sometimes hope hell would exist.

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toolslive 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

there's also "remand" or detention before trial. One example where this is common is when there's a flight risk, or a risk the subject will influence the investigation.

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vladms 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Maybe for this case Batman would be a better solution. Hell would not prevent the damage being done on the short term.

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Braxton1980 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What do you think the effect would be if, after a trial, everyone in the scam organization was executed?

	▲	zwnow 19 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I am strongly against the death penalty, so I dont want to imagine a scenario in which this happened. Maybe there should be regulations in place making it so that only registered groups can start donation campaigns. Its a legislative failure. So many crimes are legislative failures...
	▲	enneff 19 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I think the existing penalties would be deterrent enough. The problem is the criminals know they’ll probably get away with it.
	▲	trollbridge 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		How about if they were deliberately given cancer via some means and then legally barred from receiving any treatment for it? Since that’s what they did to their victims.
	▲	kakacik 18 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That's probably too harsh, unless it can be proved without doubt that exactly and only due to this X (many) children died and would (with high probability) live otherwise. Thats China level of dealing with similar situations, plus probably harvesting organs for additional profit afterwards and sending bullet receipt to the family. There are many existing punishments - go after all their wealth, family and connected business, trusts etc. Simply ban them from western financial world. Publicly shame them and make their name a curse to spit on. Properly harsh jail and making sure all inmates know who arrived, I wouldn't expect kinder treatment than pedophiles get. And so on.