"Maria" Case Shows Human Trafficking in Greece

ATHENS - The chaotic state of Greece and its public institutions was once again thrust into the spotlight on Oct. 25 when police announced they had arrested a childless couple in Athens on suspicion of attempting to pass off an eight-month-old Roma girl as their own. The pair were seized as DNA tests proved that a Bulgarian couple are the biological parents of another little girl whose discovery in a Roma camp in central Greece has triggered fears of rampant child-trafficking in the crisis-plagued country. Announcing the results, Bulgaria's Interior Ministry said genetic profiling proved that Sasha Ruseva, a Roma woman, was the mother of the mystery girl known only as Maria.

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