http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24635560
Some interesting comments. Not sure I've seen this posted here?
Some interesting comments. Not sure I've seen this posted here?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24635560
Some interesting comments. Not sure I've seen this posted here?
As many as 3,000 children in Greece are in the hands of child-trafficking rings originating in Bulgaria, Romania and other Balkan countries, Unicef says.
Most cases are not thought to involve abduction but rather the buying and selling of children for a few thousand euros.
Part of the problem in Greece appears to lie in its localised and out-of-date child-registration system.
http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/roma-couple-planned-sell-blonde-2485966They admit buying her but say it was adoption in a non-legal way.
http://www.news.com.au/world/europe...be-a-child-bride/story-fnh81p7g-1226745995205A lawyer for Sali and Dimopoulou claims Maria had been abandoned.
Their latest version of how they got the child.
"Now the couple says that a prostitute and her pimp/boyfriend, Michaelis, were looking for a home for the unwanted baby among local Roma families and they could not resist the urge to help the baby, according to their lawyer Marietta Palavra, who spoke to NBC News in an exclusive interview."
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/...xplains-their-side-of-mystery-girl-story?lite
We cross posted. Very interesting. I don't know what to believe.
It's kind of hard to know what to believe when they reportedly told so many stories of how they got the child.
I've read that they claimed child's father was Canadian, or that he was in prison. Well now he is a pimp. And mother is a Roma prostitute. I thought Romas weren't engaging in prostitution.
It's kind of hard to know what to believe when they reportedly told so many stories of how they got the child.
I've read that they claimed child's father was Canadian, or that he was in prison. Well now he is a pimp. And mother is a Roma prostitute. I thought Romas weren't engaging in prostitution.
And you would just hand over your child to one of those families? Or would you go through an adoption agency in the hope that your child is given the best odds possible?
That's a difficult question for me. In Australia, yes I would hand my child over to the state. But let's assume Maria was originally from Eastern Europe. From what I've heard about Eastern European orphanages, I have to wonder if gypsies wouldn't be a better bet - even with the begging, dancing and young marriage. I don't want to say all Eastern European orphanages are bad, but they do have a reputation for a reason no? From severe neglect to corrupt officials selling children to trafficking networks. And those that survive the system still have to face life ahead with no family, barely any education and skills, with many ending up in the sex trade, slavery, or on drugs. The odds of getting adopted by a decent family are not high enough, imo. So yeah, I could understand why a mother might give or even sell her baby to gypsies if that meant some type of protection from truly despicable people.
This whole incident is clearly understood if one reads the earlier posts and the links provided.I still have seen zero evidence that this little girl was bought or bartered.
Someone explain to me how is it that this family isn't rolling in dough with all that illegally gotten welfare money. Where does it all go?
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I am sorry, but a white, blue eyed and blond infant would very easy to adopt out.
So I fail to see why someone would give their baby to gypsies.
I am sorry, but a white, blue eyed and blond infant would very easy to adopt out.
So I fail to see why someone would give their baby to gypsies.
I am sorry, but a white, blue eyed and blond infant would very easy to adopt out.
So I fail to see why someone would give their baby to gypsies.
I think the answer to that is they didn't. It seems that the story is heading towards the baby trafficking trade - probably these babies are "bred" specifically for supplying the illegal adoption market. The mother could be anyone, probably some prostitute or impoverished woman who gets paid to do it. She probably has no idea where the kid goes afterwards, other than to be "adopted" somewhere.
I doubt that the girl was intended to go to these Roma, she just ended up there. I read in one of the news reports that there was an adoption/trafficking ring broken up in Bulgaria at around the time she would have been born. She may have just been an inconvenient loose end at the time, and that is why she ended up where she did. If it turns out that is what happened it could be a good thing she ended up with the Roma, because the other alternative would have been a hole in the ground.
Is that the law in Greece? That one can just hand off a child to whoever they want? No custody/adoption hearings or paperwork? I seriously doubt it. It's certainly not the case here in the U.S.
It is perfectly legal here in the U.S. to allow your child to live with another family/adult. No paperwork necessary.
And it's done all of the time. There is a whole generation of grandparents raising their grandkids without legal guardianship. And they are loving, caring providers. Usually more so than the people who conceived them.
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From first post.
Officers stumbled on the girl during a police operation in relation to drugs and weapons offences at the settlement, located in the town of Farsala.
http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.home&id=1553