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40 years after adoption, Danish man meets his biological mother in Chennai

Source:  https://www.thehindu.com Vivek Narayanan CHENNAI, NOVEMBER 24, 2019 David Nielsen meeting his mother Dhanalakshmi at her house in Chennai. Photo: Special Arrangement David Nielsen meeting his mother Dhanalakshmi at her house in Chennai. Photo: Special Arrangement   Dogged, transcontinental quest ends in sweet reunion. A cup of mother’s sweet kesari and hot coffee is joy…. Read more »

Viewers ‘Traceless’ [Spoorloos] in tears through the story of Somna (21)

Source: Libelle The Romanian Somna (21) was less than 3 years old when she was adopted. In the Spoorloos program, she goes to search her biological mother together with presenter Derek Bolt. The 21-year-old Somna was a toddler of almost 3 years old when she was adopted from Romania by her Dutch parents Hans and Ritam. Happy childhood… Read more »

Civil servants suspected of adoption fraud

Source: https://m.standaard.be Google translation The court wants to bring seven civil servants to court because they are allegedly involved in a large-scale fraud with Congolese adopted children. That reports Het Nieuwsblad. 14 September 2019 With eight, they are the suspects of large-scale adoption fraud with Congolese ‘orphans’ who the federal public prosecutor wants to drag… Read more »

Kenya bans child adoption by foreigners

Source:  https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/ 12 September 2019 A special Cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta and attended by Deputy President William Ruto also directed the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection to formulate a new policy document to regulate the adoption of children by foreign nationals in Kenya/PSCU NAIROBI, Kenya Sep 12… Read more »

Romania Libera Part 2 EU-law: how to delete Children’s Rights

Full text in Romanian: Romania Libera “The law of the European Union, imposes as the basic law of all adoptions from EU Member States – the United Nations Convention, and ” vehemently” excludes the Hague Convention, even though it has been ratified by all EU Member States. Free Romania studied the two Conventions before addressing the officials of… Read more »

Romania Libera Part 1 About Sorina’s Case & Roelie Post

Full text in Romanian: Romania Libera 09.09.2019 Romania has violated the EU acquis and the law of the European Union                           Timmermans backs whistleblowers but forced her to hide even though she was right, Sorina’s Case confirmed her warnings. The case of Sorina,… Read more »

Head of Bal Mandir, nation’s oldest non-profit for children, arrested on charges of child trafficking

Source: https://kathmandupost.com The director of the organisation has been accused of abetting a British national in unlawfully procuring a Nepali child and assisting in obtaining fraudulent documents to claim the baby. Head of Bal Mandir, nation’s oldest non-profit for children, arrested on charges of child trafficking Tsering D Gurung Published at : August 15, 2019… Read more »

APOM investigation into human trafficking network, confirmed

Source:  http://www.apom.eu/2019Deva, Thursday, August 1, 2019 Author: Mircea Dan Opris On the night of July 27/28, 2019, that is Saturday on Sunday, while all the attention was directed to the event in Caracal, the Association for the Protection of the Human and the Environment, signalled a descent of a mixed team from three special structures… Read more »

Finally! The Montana Ranch closed.

For more than a decade we followed the news about the so-called Montana Ranch. Here it’s background: When Adoption Goes Wrong When Sterkel, a nurse, first started working with international adoptees in the early ’90s, she didn’t see many deeply troubled children. But 10 years ago she adopted two Russian boys whose American parents had… Read more »