'Gestapo-like' Swedish social services

Girl attempts suicide 5 times while being kept from parents in custody battle

- JESSICA SMITH

A ROMANIAN Christian family living in Sweden have been engaged in a nearly two-year long legal battle to regain custody of their daughters, Tiana and Sara Samson, who were taken by Swedish authorities.

The ordeal for the Samson family began in December 2022 after Daniel, 37, a sales manager and Bianca Samson, 34, a medical assistant, refused to buy their 11-year-old daughter, Sara, a new phone and make-up.

Upon refusing, the young girl retaliated by falsely alleging to her teachers at school that she had been subject to physical abuse by her parents.

Consequently, Sara and her younger sister, Tiana - aged 11 and 10 at the time - were removed from school by child protective services, despite Sara later admitting that the allegation of abuse was untrue.

Although police launched an investigation, they concluded that there was no abuse and closed the case, but still the girls are prohibited from returning home.

The Romanian authorities have also explored several avenues to reunite the family, but their Swedish counterparts have chosen to disregard and dismiss their efforts.