PROSECUTORS in Spain are investigating 849 cases of newborn children stolen from their mothers and sold to other families for profit, the country’s attorney general has said.

Prosecutors in Spain are investigating 849 cases of newborn children stolen from their mothers and sold to other families for profit, the country’s attorney general has said.

Spanish prosecutors filed a lawsuit against a new Basque party with the Supreme Court today, calling it a successor of Batasuna – already banned for links to armed separatist group Eta.

A ceasefire that ended nearly four decades of bombings and assasinations by Basque separatist group ETA came into force today, ushering in a new era of hope for Spain.