investigations taking place across the country have questioned possible suspects, taken DNA samples and, in some cases, have exhumed the graves of the babies whose parents were told they had died.

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Many of the alleged crimes took place decades ago and will The Attorney General, Cándido Conde-Pumpido - EFE archive

however have to be archived for lack of evidence.

The Attorney General, Cándido Conde-Pumpido, confirmed on Monday that state prosecutors are investigating more than one thousand cases of stolen babies, children who were taken from their mothers at birth and given to other families to bring up.

The biological parents were told that their new-born child had died.

Speaking in Palma on Monday, the Attorney General said that, given how far back in time the investigations must go, it is a complicated process to unearth any evidence in many of the cases and some will however have to be archived for lack of proof.

The investigations taking place across the country have questioned possible suspects, taken DNA samples and, in some cases, have exhumed the graves of the babies whose parents were told they had died.

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