Foundations for children worked only when the "adoption machine" worked
(Google translation)Children's foundations worked only on how the "adopting machine" functionedAfter swelling their pockets, the patrons of humanitarian organizations "pulled the shutters"24.08.2006Foundations that facilitated international adoptions in the 1990s belonged to influential people in the Romanian society, many of them politicians. Currently, only two organizations, out of 98 how many have existed, still work. The Guardian has been in possession of documents proving that most of the foundations that facilitated international adoptions during the 1990s belonged to influential people from the Romanian society, many of them politicians. Currently, only two organizations, out of 98 how many have existed, still work. According to the State Secretary, Head of the Romanian Adoption Office (ORA), Theodora Bertzi, during the 1990s, international adoptions were done through non-governmental organizations. More specifically, local foundations have been partnering with foreign agencies, agencies that were meant to scold up as many families as they wanted to adopt a child. Generally, people who were using such agencies came from amongst those who had the ban to adopt infant minors in their native country. The reasons were multiple. Either because they were not married for at least three years, as the law says, either because they were over 40 or because they were suffering from mental illness. Under these conditions, because in Romania of the 90s no one took into account who is adopted and where the child arrived, the adoption process was extremely simple. Foreign families donated to agencies from their native country, who brokered adoptions in Romania, between 20 and 50 thousand dollars, and the agency was sharing the money with the local foundation's partner. To put their hands on as many dollars as possible, Romanian NGOs had to "work" intensively to get as many adoptable children as possible. "Representatives of the foundations had information from maternity medical staff or babyhomes about all minors who were registered in those institutions. When they find out that mothers have no possibility of raising their baby, they intervened and were convincing the mother to give up the baby. They went to the notary to sign the papers, but they did not tell her that she would never see her child again. They were trying to induce the idea that the minor would have a better life if she would give it up, "ORA chief Theodora Bertzi told us. In this way, 98 foundations were enriched overnight. "The thousands of dollars coming from the donations of the adoptive families had to be used by the Romanian foundations to implement programs or to help the children, but they never knew what happened. As a donation, neither the Court of Auditors nor the Financial Guard could intervene to check the route the money took, "Bertzi explained.Trafficking politicians Among those who owned at that time such foundations are: Razvan Andrei Dejeu, son of ex-minister of internal affairs Gavril Dejeu (HELIOS Foundation), Tiberiu Prodan, PNL deputy (New Life Foundation), Petru Dragulescu, PNT MP -CD until 1996, Oana Harvalia, PNT-CD secretary, as well as the lawyer Azota Popescu, famous for the adoption of children from the "Poiana Soarelui" Placement Center in Brasov, orphanage supported by the businessman's foundation of Ion Tiriac. Sources inside the system told us that "most of the foundations that did such activities had connections with all political parties." The same sources have said that "international adoptions have been a taboo subject for a long time, forbidden by political order." "In Romania, international adoptions have been made as if it were an assembly line. The infants were treated as a commodity. They were put on the airplane as packets and sent to adoptive families. Many times they were "refused to export" and sent to the country, when new parents did not want them".State Secretary, ORA chief, Theodora BertziAndreea Dancu(Guardian August 24, 2006)
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undatiile care au inlesnit adoptiile internationale, in anii ‘90, au apartinut unor oameni influenti din societatea romaneasca, multi dintre ei politicieni. In prezent, doar doua organizatii, din 98 cate au existat, mai functioneaza.„Gardianul“ a intrat in posesia unor documente care atesta ca marea majoritate a fundati
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Potrivit secretarului de stat, seful Oficiului Roman pentru Adoptii (ORA), Theodora Bertzi, in perioada anilor ’90 adoptiile internationale se faceau prin intermediul organizatiilor neguvernamentale. Mai exact, fundatiile autohtone incheiau parteneriate cu agentiile din strainatate, agentii care aveau menirea sa racoleze cat mai multe familii care doreau sa adopte un copil. In general, persoanele care apelau la astfel de agentii proveneau din randurile celor care aveau interdictie sa infieze minori din tara natala. Motivele erau multiple. Fie pentru ca nu erau casatoriti de minimum trei ani, asa cum prevedea legea, fie pentru ca depasise varsta de 40 de ani ori pentru ca sufereau de boli psihice. In aceste conditii, pentru ca in Romania anilor ’90 nimeni nu tinea cont de cine este adoptat si unde ajungea copilul infiat, procesul de adoptie era extrem de simplu. Familiile straine donau agentiilor din tara natala, care intermediau adoptiile din Romania, o suma cuprinsa intre 20 si 50 de mii de dolari, iar agentia cu pricina impartea banii cu fundatia autohtona partenera. Pentru a pune mana pe cat mai multi dolari, ONG-urile romanesti trebuiau sa „lucreze“ intens pentru a face rost de cat mai multi copii adoptabili. „Reprezentantii fundatiilor aveau informatii de la personalul medical din maternitati sau de la leaganele de copii despre toti minorii care se aflau inregistrati in acele institutii. Unde aflau ca mamele nu aveau posibilitati sa-si creasca copilul interveneau si nu se lasau pana nu o convingeau pe mama sa renunte la copil. O duceau la notar sa semneze actele, insa nu-i spuneau ca nu-si va mai vedea niciodata copilul. Incercau sa-i induca ideea ca minorul va avea un trai mult mai bun daca renunta la el“, ne-a declarat seful ORA, Theodora Bertzi. In felul acesta, 98 de fundatii s-au imbogatit peste noapte. „Miile de dolari proveniti din donatiile famiilor adoptatoare trebuiau folositi de fundatiile romanesti pentru implementarea de programe sau pentru intr-ajutorarea leaganelor de copii, insa niciodata nu s-a stiut care a fost drumul lor. Fiind donatie, nici Curtea de Conturi si nici Garda Financiara nu au putut interveni pentru a verifica ce traseu au luat banii“, a explicat Bertzi.
Politicienii traficanti
Printre cei care au detinut, la vremea respectiva, astfel de fundatii se numara: Razvan Andrei Dejeu, fiul ex-ministrului de interne Gavril Dejeu (Fundatia HELIOS), Tiberiu Prodan, deputat PNL (Fundatia O Noua Viata), Petru Dragulescu, parlamentar PNT-CD, pana in perioada ’96, Oana Harvalia, secretar PNT-CD, precum si avocata Azota Popescu, faimoasa pentru implicarea in adoptii a copiilor de la Centrul de Plasament „Poiana Soarelui“ din Brasov, orfelinat intretinut de fundatia omului de afaceri Ion Tiriac. Surse din interiorul sistemului ne-au declarat ca „majoritatea fundatiilor, care prestau astfel de activitati, aveau legaturi cu toate partidele politice“. Aceleasi surse au tinut sa precizeze ca „adoptiile internationale au fost un subiect tabu mult timp, acesta fiind interzis prin ordin politic“.
„In Romania, adoptiile internationale s-au facut pe banda rulanta. Copiii infiati erau tratati ca pe o marfa. Acestia erau pusi in avion ca niste pachete si trimisi la familiile adoptatoare. De multe ori erau „refuzati la export“ si trimisi in tara, intrucat noii parinti nu ii placeau“.
Secretarul de stat, seful ORA, Theodora Bertzi