Krakow lawyer charged with participating in the illegal trafficking of infants

Krakow's prosecutor's office accused a lawyer of participating in the sale of 25 infants to France and the U.S. for $260,000. The lawyer who acted as an intermediary in foreign adoptions pleaded not guilty. According to the accused, children who were sent to the U.S., Sweden or France have better conditions there than in Poland. "I acted in their best interests," he commented. The prosecution office says the lawyer collected a fee ranging from $300 to $17,000 for conducting one adoption successfully. He also persuaded families to give false evidence to the courts running an adoption case. (Rzeczpospolita, page A3) A.Z.