Interpol search for Romanian children adopted abroad
Interpol search for Romanian children adopted abroad
29 September 2006 Oana Craciun, Cristina Hurdubaia | 0 comments | 948 views
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Romanian investigators have asked for Interpol's help to track down children sent for adoption abroad instead of others.
Children adopted only on paper in the 1990s by several foreign families and their possible substitutes are being sought not only by Romanian prosecutors and police officers, but also through Interpol. Prosecutors from the Criminal Investigation and Forensic Section of the General Prosecutor's Office, together with officers from the Criminal Investigations Department of the General Inspectorate of Police (IGP), are investigating the situation of the 11 children who are known to have remained in Romania, never reached their foreign families, but who were replaced by others.
Representatives of the Prosecutor's Office informed us that the prosecutors have requested the Ministry of Administration and Interior (MAI) to communicate the border points through which 11 children destined for international adoptions are said to have left the country.
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At the same time, the identification data of the people who accompanied them and the declared destination upon leaving the country were also requested. Interpol's mission is to verify whether the adopted minors are currently with the families who adopted them on paper and not in Romania, as is actually suspected. To date, the accredited foundations and associations that carried out the adoption mediation activities for the 11 children have not been identified, the prosecutors of the General Prosecutor's Office also said.
First there were 40
The scandal of children exchanged before the border broke out last year, in October. Then, Theodora Bertzi, secretary of state at the Romanian Adoption Office (ORA), received information from all over the country that 40 children who should have arrived in the 90s with families in France, Italy or the USA actually remained in Romania, some even with their natural families. After further investigations by the Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in January 2006, the ORA received confirmation that in 11 of the cases, the children had been replaced with others and substitutes had crossed the border in the names of those who were to be officially adopted. Bertzi stated that, in order to take the children out of the country, the passports of those who had never left were used and that the minors who arrived in their place may be "stolen or missing children". Theodora Bertzi claims that the transfer across the border could have been done quite easily, considering that "up to the age of 14, a child does not have a photo on any official document, and the adopted children were babies."
The authorities say that they have never encountered such a situation before and that is why they have asked the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find out exactly who is to blame.
At least four are alive
"So far, we know for sure that four of the 11 surrogate children are with adoptive families in Italy and the USA, although the legal children have always lived in Romania," Theodora Bertzi told us. Regarding two of them, foreign authorities have even given official confirmations that there are other adoptees in the names of the respective children, the secretary of state also said. Therefore, the Romanian authorities have information that at least the four are alive. The rest, up to 11, are still being sought.
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Interpolul cauta copii romani adoptati in strainatate
29 Sep 2006 Oana Craciun, Cristina Hurdubaia | 0 comentarii | 948 vizualizari
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Anchetatorii romani au cerut ajutorul Interpolului pentru a da de urma unor copii trimisi spre adoptie in strainatate in locul altora.
Copiii adoptati doar pe hirtie in anii 90 de mai multe familii straine si eventualii lor substituti sint cautati nu doar de procurorii si politistii romani, ci si prin Interpol. Procurori ai Sectiei de Urmarire Penala si Criminalistica din cadrul Parchetului General impreuna cu ofiterii Directiei de Inves-tigatii Criminale din cadrul Inspectoratului General al Politiei (IGP) cerceteaza situatia celor 11 copii despre care se stie ca au ramas in Romania, n-au mai ajuns la familiile straine, dar ca in locul lor au plecat altii.
Reprezentanti ai Parchetului ne-au informat ca procurorii au solicitat Ministerului Administratiei si Internelor (MAI) sa comunice punctele de frontiera prin care 11 copii destinati adoptiilor internationale ar fi parasit tara.
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Totodata, au fost solicitate si datele de identificare ale persoanelor care i-au insotit si destinatia declarata la iesirea din tara. Interpolul are misiunea sa verifice daca minorii adoptati se afla, in prezent, la familiile care i-au adoptat pe hirtie si nu in Romania, asa cum se banuieste de fapt. Pina la ora actuala, nu au fost identificate fundatiile si asociatiile acreditate care au efectuat activitatile de intermediere a adoptiilor celor 11 copii, au mai spus procurorii Parchetului General.
Mai intii au fost 40
Scandalul copiiilor schimbati inainte de granita a izbucnit anul trecut, in luna octombrie. Atunci, Theodora Bertzi, secretar de stat la Oficiul Roman pentru Adoptii (ORA), a primit din toata tara informatii cum ca 40 de copii care ar fi trebuit sa ajunga in anii 90 la familii din Franta, Italia sau SUA au ramas, de fapt, in Romania, unii chiar in familiile lor naturale. Dupa continuarea cercetarilor de catre Parchet si MAI, in ianuarie 2006, ORA a primit confirmarea ca in 11 din cazuri copiii au fost inlocuiti cu altii si substitutii au trecut granita pe numele celor care trebuiau sa fie adoptati oficial. Bertzi a declarat ca, pentru a-i scoate pe copii din tara, s-au folosit pasapoartele celor care nu au mai plecat niciodata si ca minorii care au ajuns in locul lor pot fi "copii furati sau disparuti". Theodora Bertzi sustine ca transferul peste granita a putut fi facut destul de usor, avind in vedere ca "pina la virsta de 14 ani, un copil nu are nici o poza pe vreun document oficial, iar copiii adoptati erau bebelusi."
Autoritatile spun ca nu s-au mai confruntat niciodata cu o astfel de situatie si de aceea au cerut Parchetului General si MAI sa afle exact cine se face vinovat.
Cel putin patru traiesc
"Pina in acest moment, stim sigur ca patru dintre cei 11 copii-substitut se afla la familiile adoptatoare din Italia si SUA, desi copiii de drept traiesc dintotdeauna in Romania", ne-a declarat Theodora Bertzi. In legatura cu doi dintre ei, autoritatile straine au dat chiar confirmari oficiale ca pe numele copiilor respectivi exista altii adoptati, a mai spus secretarul de stat. Asadar, autoritatile romane au informatii ca cel putin cei patru traiesc. Restul pina la 11 sint cautati in continuare.
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