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Police Stop Alleged €3,000 Newborn Sale in Málaga

A provisional child-protection order triggered a probe into a falsified birth registration.

Overview

  • Specialized National Police units in Andalucía identified an alleged plan to transfer a newborn to a couple for €3,000.
  • Officers found that a man who was not the biological parent had been registered as the baby's father in the Civil Registry.
  • The newborn was removed from a Málaga hospital and placed with an emergency foster family under the Junta de Andalucía's care.
  • Investigators imputed the biological mother and the couple for alleged alteration of parentage and forgery of a public document.
  • Police say the handover did not occur because the intervention took place before the discharge and transfer could be carried out.