ANPDCA, about the shocking case of the six-year-old boy from Gorj county, removed from the country with the consent of his parents, but under unclear circumstances and arrived in Germany: He will be brought to Romania during the day

The National Authority for the Protection of Children’s Rights and Adoption announces Monday despra the shocking case of the six-year-old boy from Gorj county, taken out of the country with the consent of his parents, but under unclear circumstances and arrived in Germany that he will be brought to Romania during the day.

“Considering the shocking case of the six-year-old boy from Gorj county, taken out of the country with the consent of his parents, but under unclear circumstances and arrived in Germany, together with a foreign citizen, by virtue of transparency and the right of public opinion to correct information, The National Authority for the Protection of Children’s Rights and Adoption makes the following statements:

The six-year-old child will be brought to Romania on Monday, together with a psychologist and a team from the General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection Gorj, which went to Munich to take the minor and accompany him back to the country.

Also, in the context of the start of the administrative procedures for the repatriation of the minor, the president of the National Authority for the Protection of Children’s Rights and Adoption, Secretary of State Rareș-Petru Achiriloaie, urgently traveled to Munich to discuss the solution of the case with the representatives of the diplomatic mission and the competent German authorities .

RAREȘ-PETU ACHIRILOAIE, PRESIDENT OF ANPDCA:

“The absolute priority at this time is to make sure that this child is well, that he will receive all the support and help from our specialists to overcome this obvious trauma that he has been through. We trust that the investigative bodies will solve this case as soon as possible, in which the facts seem to be downright horrifying, and we trust that those who are guilty will be brought to justice. I thank my colleagues from DGAPSC Gorj, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, respectively the Consulate General of Romania in Munich, for the efficiency with which we collaborated in this case, managing together to ensure that this child is safe, with the full cooperation of the German authorities.”

The case of the six-year-old child came to the attention of ANPDCA when the authorities in Germany were notified, who requested the Ministry of Justice to clarify the situation of a Romanian minor, after finding that he was in the care of a foreign citizen.

In Romania, the investigation in this case, in which there are suspicions of trafficking of minors, was taken over by DIICOT, as a result of a referral made by the General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection Gorj.

Also, the other two siblings of the boy – an 8-year-old girl and a 2-year-old and 8-month-old boy – were urgently taken over by DGASPC Gorj and are now in the care of a foster carer,” announces ANPDCA.