We hereby inform you that we represent the legal interests of Iris Stalzer/Herdecke.

Ms. Stalzer was elected mayor of Herdecke in the last local elections and was seriously injured by her adopted daughter.

This incident has been and continues to be extensively reported in the media.

We have found that the reporting on this incident partially exceeds the limits of what is permissible under press law by reporting details from inviolable areas of privacy, asserting false facts, apparently passing on unfiltered information from security circles to the public, or even mentioning the real names of the minor children.

We expect you to adhere to the fundamental principles of press law in your reporting. This means, in particular, respecting the absolutely protected privacy and personal sphere of our client's family and complying with journalistic standards of due diligence.

Mothers affected by historical forced adoption practices will be eligible for financial payments and counselling support under a new redress scheme the Tasmanian government says will be the best of its kind in Australia.

The scheme will cover practices that took place between 1950 and 1988, when unmarried mothers were forced into giving up their babies because of the social stigma surrounding pregnancy outside marriage.

It is estimated more than 11,000 forced adoptions occurred in Tasmania during this time, part of around 150,000 adoptions across Australia between 1951 and 1975.

Many women were sent to maternity homes and had their babies taken immediately after birth.

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This year, 2025, marks 70 years of the Adoption Act 1955 being used to permanently and legally sever people from their whānau and family.

Adoption Action 2025 event marking 70 years of the Adoption Act 1955

According to team.recherche, the Argentinian public prosecutor's office is investigating 48 cases of surrogacy. The charge: human trafficking. The investigation was triggered by a baby intended for a German couple. The research provides insight into a multi-billion-dollar business.

By Lea Busch, Marie Blöcher, Annette Kammerer, NDR

In November 2023, the German couple Heike and Claude traveled to Buenos Aires to welcome their baby. Ruby* was born in Argentina to a surrogate mother. Heike and Claude were already in their late 50s at this time. They had previously arranged for the baby through an agency and paid almost 50,000 euros for the service.

Back in Germany, Ruby catches a cold. Heike takes the approximately six-week-old baby to the hospital because of breathing difficulties. The staff are puzzled: Ruby only has Argentinian documents. Heike's advanced age also seems to be noticed. Furthermore, she appears unsure of herself in handling the child. The hospital contacts the youth welfare office. They fear the child's welfare is at risk and take Ruby into care.

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Kalyan Tehsil Office: Baby sold for lakhs at Kalyan Tehsildar's office; Is repeated abortions a life-threatening situation?

Dombivli: She had two miscarriages earlier, and if she has a child, her life is in danger….so the baby deal…and that too within the premises of the Kalyan Tehsil office… an attempt to buy and sell a newborn baby has been exposed. In this regard, a case has been registered at the Titwala Taluka Police Station against the child’s parents and the couple who are preparing to adopt the child illegally. The police have registered a case based on the complaint filed by the District Women and Child Development Department and started an investigation.

The action was taken based on information received through the Child Helpline of Thane District Women and Child Development Department. The parents of the child confessed to the police that they were selling the child for Rs 1 lakh due to their financial situation.

Immediate action is taken if the adoption process of young children is implemented illegally through the District Women and Child Development Department. In this way, the coordinating officer of the District Women and Child Development Department had received information about the Child Helpline. Upon learning that a couple was coming to the Kalyan Tehsil Office to prepare mutual documents to implement the adoption process of a child, Shraddha Narkar, coordinator of Thane District City Child Helpline, immediately reached the Kalyan Tehsil Office. It was noticed that a couple was present there to adopt their child to another couple. Since this was a serious matter, Shraddha Narkar took help from the local Mahatma Phule Chowk police.

The baby is safe with his mother Ashish from Dombivli.

I don't expect answers to all my questions, but they do keep me busy.

Binita Pinoy (28) traveled from Nepal to Belgium with her Flemish adoptive parents when she was four. She grew up in a suburb of Leuven, but moved to Mechelen with her boyfriend two years ago. "I feel more and more like a Mechelen resident," she says.   

I was born in Nepal but was adopted by a Flemish couple when I was four. I don't have many memories of that period, neither of my first years in Nepal nor of my arrival in Belgium. I was able to reconstruct some of it using photos and videos my adoptive parents took. It's funny: in those videos, you see me speaking Nepali, even though I don't speak a word of Nepali anymore.

It's always been clear to me that I was adopted. There was no secret about it. That was difficult, since I have a different skin color. Only later in life did I delve deeper into my own identity and the topic of adoption, and did I even address the emotional side of it. There was a period when I identified solely as Belgian and wanted to be recognized as such. I wanted little or nothing to do with Nepal. But the reverse also happened, where I valued everything non-Belgian more. Later, I came to embrace both backgrounds more. Today, I still feel more Belgian in some situations and more non-Belgian in others. 

My parents and I always stayed in touch through letters, using an intermediary in Nepal. Little is known about my biological mother, but through that intermediary, I kept in touch with my biological father and sister. That way, we stayed informed about each other's lives. It was my sister who first asked if I wanted to come visit.

The alleged removal of her baby from her in 1980, it was claimed, has had lifelong adverse effects on the woman

A woman who claims she was forced to give up her child for adoption as an unmarried mother in a mother and baby home has settled her High Court action.

The woman was not in the High Court as the settlement of her case was announced. Her counsel, Conor Power SC instructed by McGuigan Solicitors, told the High Court on Thursday that the woman who is now a pensioner is "a very vulnerable individual". 

Counsel told Mr Justice Paul Coffey the court had given the sides time and the case had been resolved after mediation. The case is believed to be the first of several similar actions expected before the courts.

Sources have indicated there are a number of cases in the pipeline relating to alleged forced or alleged illegal adoption and relating to events in the 1980s and as far back as the 1940s. The cases are understood to be complex involving significant issues.

François de Combret, the man in the shadows who propelled Bernard Arnault
towards the LVMH empire
A collaborator of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and partner at Lazard, François de Combret
died on October 8 at the age of 84. His role in Bernard Arnault's acquisition of Boussac in
1984, as well as his advice to African leaders alongside George Soros, reveals a troubled
man. An investigation.

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François de Combret, l'homme de l'ombre qui a propulsé Bernard Arnault vers l'empire LVMH

Collaborateur de Valéry Giscard d'Estaing et associé de Lazard, François de
Combret s'est éteint le 8 octobre à 84 ans. Son rôle dans l'acquisition de Boussac
par Bernard Arnault en 1984, ainsi que ses conseils à des leaders africains aux côtés
de George Soros, montre un homme trouble. Enquête.
 

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Les puissants disparaissent souvent dans l’ombre, la mort de François Polge de
Combret, survenue le 8 octobre 2025 à Londres, passe presque inaperçue. Pourtant,
ce banquier d’affaires, figure discrète des coulisses de la finance internationale,
n’était pas un anonyme. Ami et collaborateur de George Soros, il est surtout l’homme qui a
ouvert à Bernard Arnault les portes de la fortune colossale de LVMH.

Une fortune bâtie sur un coup d’État financier : le rachat à prix d’ami du groupe Boussac,
propriétaire de Christian Dior, qui a permis à Arnault d’escroquer l’État français, de licencier
des milliers de salariés et de s’emparer d’un joyau du luxe français. Mais au-delà de ces
magouilles industrielles, de Combret nourrissait une passion étrange, presque
obsessionnelle, pour les petits orphelins roumains – une "aide" humanitaire qui masquait
des lobbys d’adoption controversés, flirtant avec les accusations de trafic d’enfants.