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Missing babies in Serbia

February 18, 2015

Instances of newborns disappearing in Serbian hospitals have been reported for decades. But only in recent times has the government come under pressure to take action. Hundreds of parents say they were told by doctors that their babies died shortly after birth. But they were never allowed to see the body.

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An association representing the parents says between 6,000 and 10,000 babies are believed to have been separated from their mothers at birth and sold for large sums of money to adoptive parents abroad. For years, many of the parents have been fighting to have their cases investigated. Now the Serbian government is working to tighten legislation to stop the practice from continuing. But the action comes too late for all those parents who never got to see their children grow up.