A family in Marseille who gave €8000 (£5819) and a used BMW in exchange for a new-born baby from Romania have claimed that they didn’t think they “had done anything wrong.”
Carmen and Mike Gorgan, aged 27 and 28, bought the child in 2013 after efforts at conception had been unsuccessful for more than ten years and claim that they situation had been beneficial for everyone involved.
The story of the couple has emerged as ten people went on trial on Tuesday suspected of being part of a human trafficking ring.
35-year-old Romanian man Ilie Ionita is said to be at the centre along with his three sisters Valeriu Rosu, 42, Florian Stan, 33, and Florin Coman, 25.
All face up to 10 years in prison and combined fines equivalent of up to £1million. They deny charges against them, saying the babies were “a gift.”
The people smuggling ring is understood to have been implicated in several similar cases and at least three other cases of babies being sold were tracked down.
A network is believed to have been in operation in the southern city as smugglers brought pregnant Romanian women across the border to give birth in France.
They then gave the baby up for “adoption” afterwards, usually for around €10,000.
Police were originally tipped off by midwives after they noticed suspicious behaviour in their maternity ward after a young mother was left in tears after giving birth, whilst a young couple, believed to be the Gorgons, hardly left her bedside.
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