France, Nov. 26 -- New details inthe case of nine children in Mali who allege they were fraudulently adopted in Francein the 1990s suggestFrench authorities were aware of wrongdoings at the time and failed to act, journalist Morgane Le Cam told RFI.

A journalist with Le Monde daily, Le Cam has spent five years investigating the so-called "stolen children" affair concerning one of France's largest approved adoption agencies.

In 2020, nine French citizensadopted as children in Mali in the 1990s, filed a complaint against the NGORayon de Soleil (RDSEE). They accused it of deliberately lying to both biological and adoptive parents to facilitate their adoption.

Le Cam's investigation, published in Le Mondethis week, comes two months after t...