Dutch organisations placed young people with behavioural problems in a family home in Soria, Spain, for many years, where 16 former residents described alleged physical and emotional abuse and severe restrictions on their freedom. The reported practices included withholding food, sleep or toilet access as punishment, isolation, prolonged standing or sitting, surveillance and humiliation. Experts said the accounts showed characteristics of structural abuse and child torture. The home, which accommodated about 10 young people at a time and was associated for years with the Dutch care organisation Triestroom, received tens of millions of euros in Dutch healthcare funding over more than 20 years, according to the investigation.

Youth care providers, municipalities and youth protection organisations were reportedly aware of the home's approach and continued placing young people there. Notifications about the institution had reached the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate from 2016 onward, but the inspectorate said it could not supervise facilities abroad. The Spanish inspectorate required the Soria residence to stop operating by the end of September after the allegations came to light, citing irregular authorisations. Soria Home denied the allegations and said its rules and guidance arrangements had been discussed with lawyers and relevant authorities.