Spanish mother sold baby to couple in Gondomar for €10,000
A 33-year-old woman sold a child to a Portuguese couple in 2024, with all three constituted as suspects. The following year, she was stopped in Portugal in a similar attempted transaction.
Suspect in human trafficking sold baby in Portugal and was detained in country again
A 33-year-old Spanish woman, currently at the centre of a human trafficking investigation in the Badajoz area, sold one of her children to a couple living in Gondomar for €10,000. The case, revealed on Wednesday by Spanish media and reported by Correio da Manhã, was detected by the Portuguese Public Ministry.
The three people involved — the woman and the purchasing couple — were constituted as suspects in 2024. The case remains to be tried.
The following year, the suspect returned to Portugal. Authorities found her in possession of a new-born baby who was confirmed at the time to be her child. Portuguese police authorities verified that the woman already had the status of suspect in a case of alleged human trafficking. Nevertheless, she was released.
The two children were removed from their mother and are currently in Portuguese social solidarity institutions. They are respectively 1 and 3 years old.
Source: Correio da Manhã