An illegal baby scandal has been coming to light in Spain. Thousands of newborn babies have been stolen directly from the hospital and sold to families apparently desperate for children. There are now groups working with adult adoptees, called Ninos Robados, who were stolen from their birth mothers during infancy. At least 2,000 cases have been filed with Spanish prosecutors, and there are an estimated tens of thousands more dating from the 1950's to 1990's. Many adopted children will forever be unaware of their families and disrupted past.
Sister Maria Gomez, an 89 year old nun, has become the face of this ongoing crime. She is accused of stealing a baby from their birth mother in 1989 and putting it up for illegal adoption.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/25/world/europe/wus-spain-stolen-babies/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2
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