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Lars77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-11 04:40 AM
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Spanish call to probe Franco-era 'baby thefts'
Source: BBC News

More than 260 alleged victims of a baby-trafficking network in Spain begun under the dictator General Francisco Franco have started legal action demanding an investigation.

A victim-support group, called Anadir, estimates that thousands of babies were stolen over decades.

Many were taken away from parents with left-wing sympathies and given to other families.

But the group says some babies were stolen after Franco's death in 1975.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12302629
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