Pakistan - Dennis and Concetta Charles case
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Concetta Charles Dennis Charles Derrick Charles (Dennis' brother) Joseph Aziz Joyce (Dennis' mother) Samina and Iftekhar Shabbir Shafqat
Concetta and Dennis Charles (a Malta citizen born in Pakistan) purchased babies from poor families in Pakistan to sell to families in Malta under guise of adoption. Seven people were arrested including Dennis' brother Derrick Charles. Estimates vary between 39 and 100 children.
Dennis had already been arrested in 1997 for smuggling babies.
Dennis had already been arrested in 1997 for smuggling babies.
Documents
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Malta raises alarm over Filipino trade in unborn babies | 2012 Mar 28 |
| Suspended prison term for Pakistan adoptions woman | 2011 Sep 21 |
| Woman cleared of misappropriation over Pakistani adoption [2nd case] | 2011 Jun 24 |
| Pakistani adoptions: Woman cleared of misappropriation charges | 2011 Jun 23 |
| Woman cleared of misappropriation in child adoption case | 2011 Jun 8 |
| Charles adoption ring “bought” infants for just Lm112 | 2006 May 28 |
| Malta child smuggler gets 7 years in Karachi court | 2006 May 24 |
| Maltese jailed for trafficking Pakistani babies | 2006 May 24 |
| Safi man jailed in Pakistan for child trafficking | 2006 May 24 |
| Baby close to death in Pakistan/Malta child smuggling scandal | 2002 Mar 17 |
| Pakistani Gang Said to Kidnap Children to Be Sold Abroad | 2002 Mar 17 |