Greece: 12-year-old, relatives sell baby _ to cops
Mar 12, 2012, 5:05 PM
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) – Police in northern Greece say a 12-year-old girl has been arrested along with three of her relatives after selling her 10-week-old baby son for euro12,500 ($16,400) to undercover officers posing as adoptive parents.
A police statement said Monday that the girl, her 44-year-old aunt and her aunt’s parents, aged 65 and 71, were all arrested on illegal adoption charges. The 12-year-old was expected to be released from custody after being interviewed by a public prosecutor.
The incident took place in Xrysoupoli, a town about 700 kilometers (435 miles) northeast of Athens, after police acted on a tip and used marked banknotes for the transaction. The baby was hospitalized for observation.
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