In 2013, the alleged kidnapping of a little blonde girl from Greece went viral.
We received an inquiry about Maria, the little blonde Roma girl from Greece who was discovered by the police during a raid in 2013. There is currently an article circulating without a date that gives the impression that the case is current:
Kidnapping: Who owns this girl?
The fact check
The requested article is in a live ticker where the date is unfortunately not visible. That's what the case currently seems like, but it isn't. The article is from 2013 and the girl's name is Maria. ( we reported )
She was discovered by the Greek police in October 2013 in a Roma camp in the city of Farsala because the little one's appearance did not match the appearance of her alleged parents. A DNA test confirmed the officials' suspicions. The couple was taken into custody on suspicion of kidnapping.
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Interpol helped identify the girl. Maria's biological parents come from Bulgaria, the mother denies having sold the child and later wanted her back. She gave it up due to financial hardship. She told the press that Maria was seven months old when they had to leave Greece and had no papers for the girl. That's why she left the baby to a childless woman.
The Bulgarian child protection authority tried to bring Maria back to Bulgaria, where she would then continue to live with another family or in an SOS Children's Village. At that time, Maria was already living in the care of the Greek aid organization “Kinder Smile” based in Athens. In the end, the birth parents did not take the child back. [ as of 2014 ]
Its further whereabouts after 2014 are unknown.
Conclusion:
It is a suspected kidnapping case from 2013, which seems current due to the lack of a date. The child's biological parents were identified. However, they did not take the child back. Maria remained in the care of an aid organization in Greece.
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Sources: the press , derStandard
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