Three cases registered; five people arrested; two babies handed over to orphanages

Investigations into the abduction of an infant outside Mahim railway station in June have uncovered a racket of selling babies, with two more cases being registered with the Mumbra and Khandeshwar police. While the agents remain the same, the seller and purchaser are different in every case.

On June 26, a two-month-old baby, who was sleeping with his twin brother and parents on the pavement outside Mahim station, was stolen after midnight. Around 2 a.m., when the mother found the baby missing, the family approached the Government Railway Police in Dadar.

Senior inspector Prasad Pandhre and team found the baby and arrested kidnapper Shahbaz Shaikh (26). Since the case came under the jurisdiction of the Mahim police, the case was transferred to them along with the accused.

An officer from Mahim police station said, “On interrogation, Mr. Shaikh revealed that he was promised ?25,000 for providing a baby boy to one Raju and Sujata in Panvel. He was to meet them near Panvel railway station, but they did not turn up. So we nabbed them at their residence and later, they were arrested.”

America Vera-Zavala: Adoptions can be fantastic, but we have to watch the shit

The Chronicle of Culture "It is very radical to say that all relatives should also be suspected so grossly that the children must be adopted away to strangers", says the chronicler America Vera-Zavala on the grounds that the so-called "IS children" should be placed in new homes.

This is a chronicle. Statements are the writer's own.

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NEWSTrafficking: Delta Govt secretly places embargo on children adoption, CDHR reacts

Published on July 31, 2019 By Matthew Omonigho

The Delta State Government through the Ministry of Women Affairs has secretly placed embargo on children adoption in the state with a view to curbing child trafficking, DAILY POST can report.

When contacted for comments on the matter, the newly sworn-in Commissioner, Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs. Flora Alatan was not on seat.

However, the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs. Gladys Peugeren in a chat with our correspondent in Asaba said she was not in the position to speak, noting that, “It is an internal issue.”

The Delta State Government through the Ministry of Women Affairs has secretly placed embargo on children adoption in the state with a view to curbing child trafficking, DAILY POST can report.

When contacted for comments on the matter, the newly sworn-in Commissioner, Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs. Flora Alatan was not on seat.

However, the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs. Gladys Peugeren in a chat with our correspondent in Asaba said she was not in the position to speak, noting that, “It is an internal issue.”

Peugeren pointed out that it is only newly sworn-in Commissioner, Ministry of Women Affairs, Flora Alatan that can address the press wondering how Our Correspondent got the information.

Meanwhile, Delta State Chapter of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR has commended Governor Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa for placing the embargo on children adoption.

Born in Udupi, Gugger was abandoned by his biological parents at Basel mission hospital and was taken to Thalassery, where he lived till he was four years old.

THALASSERY, KERALA: It was a trip down memory lane for 49-year-old Niklaus Samuel Gugger, an Indian origin member of the Swiss Parliament, who was in the port town of Thalassery, where he spent his early years.

Gugger today also visited the campus of Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF) at Illikunnu where his adopted father was a teacher.

Dressed in the traditional Kerala attire of "mundu" (dhoti), the young MP, who was accorded a civic reception on Tuesday, said he was happy to be back in his "home town" where he had grown up till he was four years old.

Gugger was adopted by a German couple, who later shifted to Switzerland.

The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 470 which was held on July 31, 2019:

1) Norwegian dossier from October 2012 referred a male child age aged 3 years and 2 months

2) Italian dossier from October 2013 referred a make child aged 7 years and 10 months

3) French dossier from December 2013 referred a female child aged 6 years and 11 months with features in health status

4) US dossier from January 2014 referred a female child aged 6 years

Editor's note: This story was posted Wednesday on the Atlas Obscura website.

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Thousands applied, and our panel of judges spent weeks narrowing down an incredibly impressive field of applicants to just a handful of finalists. Each of the four runners-up is being awarded $500, which, we hope, will serve as seed money toward making their journeys a reality.

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Tue, 30 Jul 2019

to Bjoern.SEIBERT

Dear Mr. Seibert,

Please find attached my plea to President-elect Von der Leyen.

From: Roelie Post

Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 at 00:04

Subject: Re: Your email to Ms Day and Mr Mordue on last 17/02

To: Catherine.Day@ec.europa.eu

Dear Catherine,