Investigation demanded into Spanish baby trafficking

Spanish authorities are being asked to investigate allegations that newborn babies were stolen from their mothers and sold to other families for decades.

This continued into the mid-1990s, according to the petition filed with Attorney Candido Conde-Pumpido by ANADIR, an association of people looking for lost children or parents.

The association’s lawyer, Enrique Vila, says he expects an answer from Conde-Pumpido within a month as to whether he will order a probe.

ANADIR’s 41-year-old president, Antonio Barroso, says he found out only about three years ago that the parents who raised him were not his biological parents.

He said he was sold at birth to another family for 200,000 pesetas – about €1,200 in today’s money.