Children were robbed from their parents to be adopted here, and they looked the other way

Eight Walloon officials from the French Community know today whether they risk a prison sentence for covering up adoption fraud in Congo for years. The federal prosecutor's office is convinced that they knew that “orphans” from Kinshasa who were adopted by Belgian parents were actually kidnapped. The pivotal figure is lawyer Julienne Mpemba (47) who ran the orphanage for years.

The Belgian parents of the Congolese adopted children are flocking to the Dinant justice building today. For the first time they come face to face with those who offered them a stolen child as an orphan ...

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