Children were robbed from their parents to be adopted here, and they looked the other way

Eight Walloon officials of the French Community know today whether they risk a prison sentence for covering up adoption fraud in Congo for years. The federal prosecutor's office is convinced they knew that "orphans" from Kinshasa who were adopted by Belgian parents had actually been kidnapped. The pivotal figure is lawyer Julienne Mpemba (47) who ran the orphanage for years.