Greek authorities have not provided any data and have not approached the Bulgarian Embassy in Athens with a request for assistance in the case regarding a baby trafficking ring busted in Greece, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry told BTA. According to information by Greek local information portal cretalive.gr, among the dozens of women who were exploited by the criminal group as surrogate mothers and egg donors, there were also Bulgarian women.
The Bulgarian Embassy in Athens has not received any requests for assistance from Bulgarian citizens, the Ministry also said.
The Greek media reported on a baby trafficking ring busted on August 8 on the island of Crete. The illegal activities of the criminal group included illegal surrogacy, adoptions, egg donation and apparent in vitro procedures at a fertility clinic in the city of Chania, Crete island, Greece.
The Greek police stated that the organized crime group involving doctors and other medical personnel was broken up on the morning of August 8 in an operation carried out in Crete, Athens and Thessaloniki.
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