The child from Gorj who was allegedly taken out of the country illegally was found by the German authorities

The little one would have been taken out of the country illegally, there is an accusation that he would have been sold for the amount of 8,000 lei.

“I confirm the fact that there is an intense and very good collaboration with the authorities for social protection in Germany and that on Monday, the president of the National Authority for the Protection of Children’s Rights and Adoption will meet with them and that we are trying to repatriate the minor home as soon as possible.

I want to thank Minister Luminiţa Odobescu for her support and, equally, to congratulate those from DIICOT for their promptness and for how they collaborated and continue to collaborate with their colleagues from DGASPC Gorj for the speedy resolution of this case,” he said Natalia Intotero, Minister of the Family, live on Antena 3 CNN.

“I requested the president of the Child Protection Authority to intensify the checks in all the counties of the country and I am calling on all Romanian citizens if they have certain suspicions to call 119, the Child Emergency Number, because the authorities intervene promptly for to verify the reported ones.

Equally, yes, we must recognize that the Schengen Area, for the time being by sea and air, offers this possibility of travel, not necessarily that citizens are checked.

Indeed, I hope that we will not have such cases in the future and for this it is very important to have a very good collaboration between the authorities with attributions in the field in Romania, but also the civic involvement of citizens is also very, very important. This means the Schengen Area, free movement between member countries in the European Union”, said Natalia Intotero, Minister of the Family.

“Personally, I have not discussed with the child’s parents”

“Personally, I did not discuss with the child’s parents. I went yesterday morning and visited the brothers of the minor in question who are currently well cared for by the Romanian state. I tried to spend more time with them to I can see how she integrates, if she benefits from psychological counseling. At least the sister who is more magnanimous really needs it, from my point of view.

They are fine, they are taken care of, I tried to socialize more with them and make sure that in the future they will benefit from this psychological counseling, which is still very important for them”, the Minister of the Family stated.