exposing the dark side of adoption
Register Log in
Homecountries

Spain

⬤ public
Spain
ES
Spain

Subdivisions

Autonomous city
Autonomous community
Dirección General de las Familias y la Infancia (Minesterio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales)
L'Institut d'Infància i Món Urbà (Institute of Childhood and Urban World) (CIIMU)

Adoption imports

 
Dominica  
Dominican Republic  
Haiti  
Caribbean  
Costa Rica  
El Salvador  
Guatemala  
Honduras  
Mexico  
Nicaragua  
Panama  
Central America  
Kazakhstan  
Central Asia  
Ethiopia  
Madagascar  
Mozambique  
Zimbabwe  
Eastern Africa  
China  
Eastern Asia  
Belarus  
Bulgaria  
Czech Republic  
Hungary  
Moldova  
Poland  
Romania  
Russian Federation  
Slovakia  
Ukraine  
Eastern Europe  
Fiji  
Melanesia  
Burundi  
Cameroon  
Democratic Republic of The Congo  
Equatorial Guinea  
Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville)  
Middle Africa  
Morocco  
Tunisia  
Northern Africa  
Latvia  
Lithuania  
Northern Europe  
Bolivia  
Brazil  
Chile  
Colombia  
Ecuador  
Peru  
Venezuela  
South America  
Cambodia  
Philippines  
Thailand  
Vietnam  
Southeastern Asia  
South Africa  
Southern Africa  
India  
Nepal  
Sri Lanka  
Southern Asia  
Albania  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Portugal  
Serbia  
Southern Europe  
Burkina Faso  
Côte d'Ivoire  
Ghana  
Guinea  
Guinea Bissau  
Mali  
Mauritania  
Nigeria  
Senegal  
The Gambia  
Togo  
Western Africa  
Armenia  
Iran  
Israel  
Oman  
Western Asia  
Total
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
total
41
36
29
33
24
20
9
19
9
5
6
2
4
3
240
40
49
34
1
12
4
11
151
3
1
17
36
24
15
22
27
13
4
162
40
49
34
41
39
30
50
60
44
24
41
36
18
6
2
4
3
1
12
4
15
553
23
42
22
19
25
11
15
10
6
1
3
1
2
1
1
4
1
5
2
194
2
8
14
14
27
19
31
22
16
19
23
14
5
1
6
8
2
3
3
237
47
75
70
90
46
28
8
3
6
8
4
6
391
12
10
17
8
17
16
14
31
21
5
3
3
1
1
2
1
1
3
4
2
3
3
178
72
90
107
79
92
48
50
17
33
35
39
14
24
10
7
7
3
4
1
4
3
739
41
34
32
23
15
3
4
1
1
2
2
1
12
6
2
12
12
4
1
1
209
2
4
3
2
4
4
3
3
41
8
4
7
2
6
1
3
97
199
263
265
235
222
129
126
87
80
109
86
40
44
16
27
29
10
26
20
14
9
9
2045
2
24
43
70
130
149
148
131
43
7
14
4
3
5
3
776
2
24
43
70
130
149
148
131
43
7
14
4
3
5
3
776
12
107
220
227
304
481
629
722
508
441
302
260
80
123
28
53
1
4498
8
1
10
9
19
24
13
24
10
1
2
1
2
2
4
2
5
7
12
6
8
170
1
1
4
6
1
3
1
5
22
1
1
9
2
14
15
31
132
233
254
315
487
631
723
510
443
306
262
86
130
40
59
9
4691
105
196
261
475
941
1427
1043
2389
2753
1759
1059
619
573
584
677
447
293
229
138
101
84
87
16240
105
196
261
475
941
1427
1043
2389
2753
1759
1059
619
573
584
677
447
293
229
138
101
84
87
16240
3
3
11
27
92
123
172
181
202
57
21
11
11
20
24
8
3
24
40
27
28
18
26
18
1144
2
1
8
4
3
4
5
27
16
6
15
12
10
9
7
10
3
7
15
5
17
27
26
12
15
18
30
32
35
35
362
1
1
7
5
4
1
1
1
21
8
3
6
2
1
4
2
1
3
1
18
13
8
1
71
84
280
583
373
38
85
48
3
2
5
1501
70
91
141
496
652
809
1157
1618
1262
1290
955
899
868
801
712
479
350
161
130
95
54
34
13124
1
1
116
218
356
358
462
349
394
181
338
218
168
69
39
27
2
5
2
1
3303
97
216
644
1438
1569
1395
1913
2085
1684
1497
1325
1152
1081
906
784
550
409
211
212
162
129
98
19557
1
1
1
1
6
6
4
8
24
1
2
3
1
1
8
2
2
3
4
8
7
12
31
29
5
1
104
1
1
8
8
3
2
5
7
10
8
12
31
37
5
1
6
6
4
8
145
3
12
8
5
7
20
21
6
20
102
1
1
2
3
12
8
5
7
20
21
6
20
1
1
104
1
2
1
4
4
3
5
2
6
2
1
4
4
3
34
1
2
4
3
5
2
6
2
1
5
4
3
38
18
31
59
66
18
76
126
92
89
21
42
35
17
12
24
11
6
3
2
1
749
16
40
26
25
11
7
22
18
26
19
1
4
2
1
5
1
1
2
2
2
231
25
23
14
4
20
18
14
20
15
11
7
4
3
3
5
2
1
189
250
393
361
414
319
271
285
256
240
260
174
189
160
197
148
74
25
39
47
33
30
26
4191
3
21
16
10
6
2
4
5
2
1
70
81
151
126
99
71
42
50
50
66
41
21
27
17
24
20
13
18
7
4
9
4
5
946
2
7
10
5
1
1
26
392
648
596
629
460
424
503
438
440
357
247
255
200
236
196
108
53
51
54
44
37
34
6402
1
1
1
1
4
1
10
28
29
29
55
53
63
77
65
82
70
50
29
9
650
1
1
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
15
2
1
5
9
15
10
65
320
178
41
48
87
123
109
97
94
1204
2
1
5
9
15
11
2
15
30
30
30
121
373
241
119
113
170
194
160
127
105
1873
1
3
2
1
7
1
3
2
1
7
109
97
163
190
129
109
100
117
43
79
103
32
29
15
35
7
18
29
29
30
60
81
1604
18
16
28
35
38
68
43
173
76
184
41
24
744
1
1
2
1
5
109
97
181
206
157
144
138
185
86
252
180
216
30
58
60
7
18
29
29
30
60
81
2353
1
1
1
1
1
1
6
7
13
1
1
7
7
16
1
3
2
3
1
4
7
3
8
2
5
2
1
1
1
5
1
50
5
3
3
1
1
1
4
6
3
6
21
8
13
9
1
8
3
2
4
102
3
2
5
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
1
1
39
29
77
66
4
226
3
3
1
2
5
8
1
2
19
4
7
5
1
5
6
7
35
1
2
2
5
1
1
1
3
1
7
10
6
6
4
3
6
5
22
20
60
67
94
90
23
3
9
4
9
5
454
1
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
3
583
373
38
85
48
3
1130
583
373
38
87
49
3
1
2
1
1137
942
1487
2006
3645
3801
3653
4039
5586
5427
4472
3651
3156
3006
2891
2573
1669
1191
827
801
574
542
453
56392

Abuse cases

Title Date
Asunta Yong Fang Basterra Porto 2013 Sep 27
Romanian boy adopted by Spanish couple 2006 Jun 16

Child trafficking cases

Title Date
Nepal - misc trafficking articles case 2007 Mar 7
Nepal - Kobi Raj Shahi case 2006 Jun 2
India - Ashwini and Komal, Satara case 2005 Jan 1
Nepal - Nirmala Thapa's children 2004 Jan 1
Nepal - Ayush son of Sunita Bhattarai case 2003 Jan 1
Nepal - Pawan Karki son of Mitra Bahadur Thapa and Rama Karki case 2003 Sep 25
Nepal - Sabina Sunuwar daughter of Shushila Sunuwar case 2003 Aug 1
Guatemala - Kimberly Xiomara Pineda Albizurez (or Siomara Arbizurez) case 2001 Jan 9
Guatemala - Pablo son of Elivia Ramírez Caño 1997 Aug 13
India - misc Child trafficking cases 1995 Jan 1
El Salvador - Rosa Alicia Campos Mancia's 3 children - Jane Weideman Viasana case 1982 Nov 16
El Salvador - Children stolen during Civil War case 1979 Jan 1
Guatemala - more trafficking articles and stolen children cases 1979 Jan 1
Southern Europe

Documents

Title Publication date
Spain’s Baby-Snatching Scandal Focuses on Nun’s Alleged Role 2012 Apr 11
Families fight to find children stolen as infants in Spain 2011 Dec 16
300,000 babies stolen from their parents - and sold for adoption: Haunting BBC documentary exposes 50-year scandal 2011 Oct 16
Spain Confronts Decades of Pain Over Lost Babies 2011 Jul 6
Spain probes 849 cases of alleged baby trafficking 2011 Jun 18
Spain's Stolen Babies: A Nation Confronts Its Dark Past 2011 Mar 18
Spanish mother reunited with daughter she was told had died at birth 2011 Feb 20
Hundreds of Spanish babies 'stolen from clinics and sold for adoption' 2011 Jan 27
Spain seeks truth on baby-trafficking claims 2011 Jan 27
Spain, Italy suspend adoption from Nepal 2010 Jul 14
Selling poor children to rich parents (translated from Spanish) 2010 May 24
Agencies warn against quick adoptions 2010 Jan 23
Italians make best parents for adopted Indian children 2009 Oct 18
The lost children of Franco-era Spain 2009 Aug 25
Streit um Adoptionsfall 2009 Apr 17
about Catalonia adoption law.. 2009 Apr 8
Padres nepaleses reclaman a sus hijos adoptados en España (also in English) 2009 Mar 3
Families Search for Truth of Spain’s ‘Lost Children’ 2009 Feb 28
Judge orders probe into Franco-era missing children 2009 Jan 11
Judge orders probe into Franco-era missing children 2009 Jan 10
Una triste historia, los niños que robo Franco 2008 Nov 30
Spain has arrested fraudsters adopting children from Russia 2008 Oct 28
Blog: What does a child cost? 2008 Jul 6
Romania - 31 children disappeared abroad 2006 Jul 27
Danut, orphan requested by the Spanish, no longer can stay in Madirjac 2005 Feb 17
Danut: Do Not Sell Me, Mr. Prime Minister 2004 Oct 1
Child traffickers prey on Romania 2004 May 9
Romania-Adoption Secrets 2004 Feb 13
ROMANIAN OPPOSITION POLITICIAN THROWS 'ADOPTION BALL' INTO EU COURT 2004 Feb 9
En marge du scandale des adoptions, des roumains évincés dans leur démarche d'adoption . 2004 Jan 1
Special Commission on Intercountry Adoption 2003 Jun 23
Franco también robó niñas y niños a combatientes republicanos 2002 Oct 22
Abandoned Parents 2002 Sep 3
Unlocked the adoption of Romanian children by 20 Spaniards 2002 May 31
When they closed the Romanian “baby shops” 2002 Mar 12
BILATERAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA IN THE FIELD OF ADOPTIONS 2001 Oct 29
"In Romania, coruptia este o metastaza" 2000 Jan 1
Dozens of Spanish couples 'bought' children in illegal adoption in Romania 1996 Nov 1