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Written by carlos
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Monday, 02 March 2009 21:26 |
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Former Sinai-Grace physician charged with abducting daughter to his native Russia. Paul Egan / The Detroit News
WEST BLOOMFIELD -- Federal authorities brought international kidnapping charges Tuesday against a former West Bloomfield physician, alleging he snatched his 7-year-old daughter from his ex-wife the day after Christmas and flew her to his native Russia.
Dr. Victor Nathan Adlai, 42, contacted Sinai-Grace Hospital from Moscow on Jan. 9 to say he was quitting his job as an anesthesiologist, according to records filed in federal court in Detroit. Adlai had been due to return from a scheduled vacation on Jan. 5.
Russia is not a signatory to an international civil agreement on child abductions signed by the United States at The Hague in 1988.
The United States also has no applicable extradition treaty with Russia, but the charges were filed so Adlai can be arrested if he returns to the country, said Gina Balaya, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit.
International parental abduction is a three-year felony. One State Department estimate said about 1,000 children are abducted from the country by one of their parents each year.
Eugenia Adlai, the mother of Amanda Adlai, "has not seen her daughter since Victor Nathan Adlai picked her up," according to an FBI affidavit attached to the complaint. Her daughter phoned her from Moscow on Dec. 29 to say she was with her father and the father has also e-mailed several times, the affidavit says.
"Adlai has not provided any information or indication that he has purchased airfare to return Amanda Alexandra Adlai to the United States," the affidavit said.
The Adlais were divorced last year after 15 years of marriage and the Oakland County Circuit Court awarded the parents joint custody.
A spokeswoman for Sinai-Grace Hospital declined comment.
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