Thessaloniki: The defendants accused of illegal adoption are under investigation
The claim that circuits took advantage of their anxiety to finally have a child, he relies on protothema.gr, the lawyer of the couple arrested for the case of illegal adoption of a newborn in Thessaloniki. The case that saw the “light” of publicity on Saturday morning, brings to the surface, according to Mr. George Kyritsis, the longing of the couple who represents to adopt a child as they could not make their own. The four defendants in the case that was investigated on Friday, were brought before the investigator this morning and are currently apologizing. On Saturday, the prosecutor charged them with forming a gang, illegal mediation in adoption, attempt to extradite a child for adoption and breach of adoption procedures.
Four people were arrested in the case and two more were identified, as part of an investigation into the illegal delivery of a child to adoption. It is about for a 61-year-old lawyerone androgynous 49 and 47 years old and three foreigners, one couple 38, 37 and a man 58 years old, at the expense of formed occasional case for criminal organization and for infringements related to the adoption of a minor.
According to what Mr. Kyritsis mentioned to protothema.gr, the androgyne had done the process through the adoption platform since 2017 and although the Service had not called them, they believed that they participated in a legal process through which they could finally get the child they wanted and longed for. so much. “They believed that the money they were giving was intended to cover court costsall bureaucratic procedures, medical expenses, the doctors and the first time the newborn would stay with his mother “, stressed the couple’s lawyer, adding that they realized that they were entering into an illegal process when various issues arose, which troubled them and eventually left.
According to the police, the couple applied to the lawyer in order to mediate in order to adopt a child without following the prescribed procedures. In this context, they agreed to adopt a child born to the 38-year-old foreigner on 12-06-2022 in the hospital of Thessaloniki, accompanied byher 37-year-old partneragainst the amount of 17,000-19,000 euros. As it turned out, by 17-06-2022 the couple had paid a sum of 1435 euros for the costs of childbirth-hospitalization and the costs of the mediators.
From the whole investigation it emerged that the lawyer jointly with the 58-year-old foreigner wanted, were organized in order to mediate illegally in the adoption of the child, while their participation in other cases of mediation is being investigated. It is noted that at the expense of the 58-year-old has been formed in the past case for similar offenses.
“They did not believe that they were ‘buying a child'”
“My clients had informed many people, relatives, friends, etc. that they wanted to adopt a child. Some people found them and told them about an acquaintance who could help them find a child for adoption. They did not believe that they were making a “child purchase”, because it was a given that the legal procedures of the court would follow. “I believe that part of the total amount they gave, about 1,400 euros, was to cover some first expenses and in the course of the adoption process, they would gradually give the rest of the money”, said to protothema.gr, Mr. .. Kyritsis.
The couple’s lawyer stressed that this is a classic case of exploitation of people who want to have a child by the method of adoption. On the occasion of this case, he stated that “they should finally change adoption procedures“Couples who want to adopt a child should help, because in this way delays lead to procedures that are not legal.”
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