Greek Health Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis has fired the head of the National Assisted Reproduction Service while the In Vitro Fertilization Center in Chania on the island of Crete is under investigation by police and judicial authorities, Greek state broadcaster ERT reported.
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Eight employees and associates of the center are accused of illegal adoptionsV apparent embryo implantations of women undergoing in vitro fertilization impregnation and exploitation of vulnerable women who were used as egg donors and as surrogate mothers.
The file opened by the Greek police against the detainees refers to participation in a criminal group, human trafficking, mediation in the adoption of minors, violations of the law on the implementation of assisted reproduction, forgery of documents, violation of family law, fraud, bodily harm and violation of drug legislation.
He is said to be the head of the criminal group 73-year-old gynecologist from Chania. Also suspected of participation are a 44-year-old clinical embryologist, employees of the Center for in vitro fertilization, a biologist, as well as a woman from Romania and two women from Georgia.
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It is believed that the Romanian woman and the two Georgian women mediated for the attraction of poor women mainly from the Balkanswhich are agreed to give birth for a fee. Their “reward” was only between 300 and 600 euros, and during the pregnancy they remained locked up in apartments in Chania and only came out for medical examinations. The women were also subjected to hormone therapy. According to the information the babies were sold for amounts from 70 thousand to 120 thousand euros.
By prosecutor’s order, two surrogate mothers were transferred to the hospital in Chania, where they gave birth to healthy children.
2023-08-12 19:15:00
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