An inquiry has begun in Spain into allegations of  infant snatching beginning during the Franco regime in the 1950s and continuing into the 1990s.  Children were alleged to have been given or sold for adoption;  at least 1500 claims have been made with some cases confirmed by DNA testing after children were grown.  See Raphael Minder, “

With the accessions in March of Montenegro and Rwanda, the number of Contracting States to the Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention has reached a total of 87.  For details, see the Hague Conference web site at www.hcch.net.