Spain: The prosecutor asked four years in prison for the charge of failed adoptions in Congo

15 April 2013

The prosecutor asked four years in prison for the charge of failed adoptions in Congo

Adoptions in Spain. (JORGE PARIS)

He argues that charged $ 10,000 per adoption records knowing that not prosper.

There are ten families affected, to which the Government has returned the money.

The claim that they acted properly processed.

The Association of Adoption of Children of Congo, who directed the defendants, lost the authorization six months after obtaining it.

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The prosecutor asked four years in prison for the president and national director of the Association of Adoption of Children of Congo (ADIC), controlled by the Government , accused of defrauding a dozen families , which claimed 10,000 euros despite knowing could not achieve adoption.

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In the third section of the Court of Barcelona has begun on Monday the trial of the two accused, Anna Maria and Maria Cintia SP AF, who have denied that cheating lucraran families and have even lost money added itself to give the best possible care for children awaiting adoption that had been abandoned by their families in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo .

Handled 300,000 euros between grants and contributions from applicants The controversy over the management of ADIC, authorized and supervised by the Generalitat , sparked a diplomatic crisis in August 2006 when several families who had traveled to the Congo to find their children had serious problems to leave the country with little due to lack of guarantees of adoption .

According to the prosecution contends in its provisional indictment, the defendants continued processed several making processes on behalf of ADIC, involving in -ten families who have recovered their money from the hands of the Government, despite the fact that they were aware of the impossibility of complete the process.

In his statement to the court, the two accused, who handled about 300,000 euros between Government grants and contributions of applicants, have denied defrauding the ten families. In fact, they have ensured that their intention was to ensure the best possible care to small and have argued that not only kept the money but also families lost their own money to help children waiting for adoption.

The Government withdrew the authorization six months after award it the Generalitat of Catalonia, which appear at the trial as civil responsible subsidiary, in February 2006 authorized the entry into operation of the ADIC , headquartered in Sabadell (Barcelona), to process adoptions abandoned children in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo.

However, the Government withdrew the authorization in August of that year , after the problems we had seven families when returning to Spain after fetching their children to the "home-cradle" that operated in Brazzaville ADIC and Kinshasa, due to lack of guarantees of adoption of children.

The Foreign Ministry came to report that the presence of the seven families in the Congo was an "irresponsible" by the entity which processed adoptions (ADIC), as the Government had advised against "completely" these processes because the "close to zero" legal guarantees of the procedure.

Falsification of records

According to the prosecutor, after the ADIC bring to fruition some adoptions at the beginning of its journey , its president and national director followed the pipeline processes, with the promise of achieving the adoption of a child, despite being aware that fail .

To entice families, according to the prosecutor, the accused falsified records on minors, so that applicants believe that the little that had been assigned had been left in their country and therefore met the requirements set by the Congolese authorities.

The then director of ADIC ensures that the process is done correctly the then national director of ADIC, Maria Cintia AF, stressed that the Government always supervised the work of your organization and remarked that the whole process was done correctly. He has claimed that he was unaware the reasons that finally ended the Congolese authorities as adopters rejecting these ten families .

The defendant has indicated that most of the money they received in grants from the Generalitat and the aspiring families destined to maintain the two "home-cradle" they created in Kinshasa and Brazzaville to house abandoned children assigned to them to complete the adoption process.

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