Overview

• Authorities rescued two children, aged 2 and 4.5, from a Torino home filled with filth and drug paraphernalia after a social worker raised concerns.
• One of the children tested positive for crack at Regina Margherita hospital, underscoring the severity of their exposure to drugs.
• The mother, who has been battling crack addiction since March 2025, contacted acquaintances stating she would not return to care for her children.
• The Carabinieri have formally denounced the mother for child abandonment, and the children have been placed in emergency foster care.
• Adoption proceedings are now underway, with the juvenile court unlikely to return the children to their mother.