Baby Traders

As per MercyCorps policy, we get security updates every week that keep us informed of the fates of car crash victims, drug smugglers, arrested BBC journalist-turned-terrorists (or maybe terrorists-posing-as-a-journalists), and apparently this week, baby traders.

I have no idea what a baby trader is, but according to the security report, 2 baby traders were convicted in Vahdat. I appreciate having the security reports be brief, because I enjoy worrying more about what to eat than if I will be abducted by an Islamist militant group, but I find the security briefings pretty amusing because they are so obviously completed just to appease a “Policy”.

Take the baby traders for instance, the line literally reads: “2 baby traders convicted in Vahdat region this week”
Convicted of what? What is a ‘baby trader’ in the first place? (I think we all can guess, but I just don’t know for sure) and Where is Vahdat?

Security reports useually follow this style of brievity, which, in my opinion is useless. If something poses a real threat or danger to personnel I would think that knowing more about it than a bullet point is important. And since none of us are babies, I think we are free from being traded. I feel a rant coming on, so to be brief my point is that security reports, as most activities forced by policy, tend to be more bemusing than useful. For the time being I will just have to continue to be mystified by the fate of 2 baby traders and amused by these wonderfully morbid weekly reminders of human mortality.