Title: Mystery girl abduction
1Mystery girl abduction
2A community in Greece is at the center of a child
abduction case, with a Gypsy, or Roma, couple
accused of abducting a blonde, blue-eyed girl who
is thought to be about 4 years old. A 40-year-old
woman and 39-year-old man have been charged with
abducting a minor after police raided the camp
Wednesday looking for drugs and weapons. DNA
tests proved the couple isn't the girl's
biological parents. The man and woman will appear
in a court Monday. Police have launched an
international appeal to find out details about
the abduction and find the biological parents of
the girl, who is known as Maria in the camp. In
the meantime, she is being cared for in Athens by
a charity. The Roma, a poor people in a country
devastated by an economic crisis, try to make a
living in the camp on the outskirts town by
selling fruits, carpets, blankets, baskets and
shoes at local markets. The possible reason for
the abduction may be to take advantage of a
flawed system to declare multiple children to
receive money from the government. The couple
accused of abducting the girl had also used
multiple identities to register 14 children in
three different cities.
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