Illegal Baby Adoption Ring Dismantled in Alexandroupolis

The Alexandroupolis police on Friday reported the dismantling of an organised illegal infant adoption ring and the arrest of four alleged members of the gang in the towns of Evros and Xanthi, among them the suspected head of the ring.

Specifically, two men and two women, all Greek nationals, were arrested while four more persons have been identified as members of the ring.

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Greece child protection services 'disjointed and inadequate'

When two children from the small, remote Greek island of Leros were taken to one of the largest paediatric hospitals in Athens for a psychological evaluation, they were about to fall prey to one of the country's rarely talked about problems.

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Court rules that blonde girl taken from Roma family in Greece last year will be raised by children's charity

Court rules that blonde girl taken from Roma family in Greece last year will be raised by children's charity

A Greek court has ruled that a children's charity is to be awarded custody of a five-year-old girl who was taken from a Roma family that had been looking after her.

Court rules Maria should remain with charity until custody is decided

Court rules Maria should remain with charity until custody is decided

A court in Larissa, central Greece, on Tuesday ruled that the charity group Smile of the Child should continue to have custody of Maria, a girl aged between 5 and 6 who was found living in a Roma camp in October with a couple that had falsely declared being her biological parents.

Authorities: Maria to be placed with foster family in Bulgaria

Authorities: Maria to be placed with foster family in Bulgaria

A blond girl found in Greece whose birth parents were traced to a Bulgarian Roma village will be cared for by a foster family when she's returned to Bulgaria, the government's social services agency said

Maria: Bulgarian Couple Are Roma Girl's Parents

Maria: Bulgarian Couple Are Roma Girl's Parents

DNA tests have confirmed that a Bulgarian couple are the biological parents of a mystery girl found in a Greek Roma camp.

Bulgarian woman gets DNA test as possible mother of ‘Maria’

Bulgarian woman gets DNA test as possible mother of ‘Maria’

A Roma woman in a remote town in central Bulgaria has undergone DNA testing as authorities investigate whether she is the mother of a suspected abduction victim in neighboring Greece.

Greek police arrest 2 suspected of buying baby

Greek police arrest 2 suspected of buying baby

Greek police said Friday they have arrested a childless couple in Athens on suspicion of buying an 8-month-old Roma girl and trying to register her as their own, amid international uproar over another little girl who was found living with unrelated Gypsies in Greece.

Roma Face Persecution Across Europe In New Baby Stealing Panic

Roma Face Persecution Across Europe In New Baby Stealing Panic

From Ireland to Italy, Roma are facing a new wave of persecution and harassment in Europe—including having their children taken in for genetic testing—in the wake of the discovery of little Maria. By Tom Sykes and Barbie Latza Nadeau.

Irish authorities take second child in Roma inquiry

Irish authorities take second child in Roma inquiry

Dublin: Irish authorities briefly removed a toddler from a family due to concerns about his identity, a day after taking a child from a Roma family in a case which echoes of the Greek ‘mystery girl’ inquiry, police said on Wednesday.

Mystery girl in Gypsy camp triggers investigations into welfare fraud in Greece

Mystery girl in Gypsy camp triggers investigations into welfare fraud in Greece

Prosecutors across Greece were ordered Tuesday to conduct emergency checks of birth records from the past six years after the arrest of a Gypsy couple on suspicion of abducting a little girl triggered fears of widespread welfare fraud.

Could Missing Mo. Child be Connected to Found Gypsy Girl?

A Missouri family is reaching out to greek authorities regarding a little girl found in a gypsy settlement.

Greece riveted by mystery of 'blonde angel'

Greece riveted by mystery of 'blonde angel'

Greek police have asked Interpol to help them track down the real parents of a blonde girl with green eyes who was found in a Roma camp in central Greece.

Villagers boycott mass in support of suspended priest

Villagers boycott mass in support of suspended priest

A DECISION to suspend a priest after allegations he mistreated his foster daughter has angered residents of a Nicosia village who refused to attend Sunday mass in protest at his removal.

Social worker attacked at Limassol courts

Social worker attacked at Limassol courts

According to the state broadcaster CyBC, the social worker was accused of lying by the lawyer of the attacker who then kicked, punched and ripped the clothes of the social worker, even biting a person who tried to intervene.

Note: I believe that this social worker did lie. They all do. Therefore this social worker deserved the beating he got. Sadly however, this is not a good way to handle your case as such actions would be used to prove the social workers case against you.