The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia says it has revealed numerous cases of illegal adoption of children by foreigners in a “flagrant violation” of the Armenian law.
In a statement on Thursday, the NSS said two Armenian citizens, using their contacts in a maternity hospital, several governmental agencies and orphanages, arranged the adoption of over 30 Armenian children by Italian citizens in a gross violation of the law.
The law enforcement agency said from 2016 to 2018 some administrative staffers of the maternity hospital coerced more than 10 women who had applied for an abortion to give birth and to give up their babies for adoption. They even took bribes from the women for the “rendered medical services”.
After receiving written consents, most of the newborns...
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