Source: http://china.globaltimes.cn May 10 2011] By Liu Linlin Alleged child trafficking involving family-planning officials in Hunan Province stunned the nation on Monday. Over the last 10 years, family-planning „enforcers“ in Shaoyang have seized at least 20 children from Longhui county, who were born outside their parents‘ birth quota, and dispatched them to a local children… Weiter »
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BREAKING NEWS: Adoption Attorney Susana Luarca in Custody
Source: http://findingfernanda.com May 6th, 2011 Erin Siegal/ Susana María de la Asunción Loarca Saracho, known to many Americans by her pen name “Susana Luarca,” has been taken into custody (“captured”) at her residence in Zone 10 of Guatemala City a little over an hour ago, at approximately 4:45 p.m. Police officers, CICIG investigators, and agents… Weiter »
Ethiopia to Cut Foreign Adoptions by Up to 90 Percent
Source: http://nazret.com/blog By Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa 3/5/2011 VOA News Ethiopia is cutting back by as much as 90 percent the number of inter-country adoptions it will allow, as part of an effort to clean up a system rife with fraud and corruption. Adoption agencies and children’s advocates are concerned the cutbacks will leave… Weiter »
CICIG requests explanation from US Senator Landrieu regarding illegal adoption comments in Guatemala
Source: http://www.guatemala-times.com FRIDAY, 29 APRIL 2011 07:18 THE GUATEMALA TIMES CICIG REQUESTS PUBLIC EXPLANATION FROM SENATOR LANDRIEU (LOUISIANA STATE, U.S.A.) CONCERNING COMMENTS MADE ON REPORT OF ILLEGAL ADOPTIONS IN GUATEMALA. During her visit to Guatemala, the Senator met with various authorities responsible for child protection and manifested her disagreement with the CICIG´s report on criminal… Weiter »
Integrity of Foreign Adoptions In Armenia Still In Question
Source: http://www.azatutyun.am 26.04.2011 Emil Danielyan What is an informal payment made to an Armenian government official or civil servant performing their duties? Armenia’s Criminal Code defines it as a bribe that could be punishable by a lengthy prison sentence. Yet some private U.S. agencies arranging international adoptions of children call it a mere “gift of… Weiter »
Adoption a commercial deal in India: Plea in SC
Source:http://www.indianexpress.com Apr 22 2011, 02:10 hrs New Delhi: Child adoption process in the country came under the Supreme Court’s scrutiny on Thursday with the court demanding an explanation from the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the government’s Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) on the charge that adoption of babies has become nothing more… Weiter »
Hague Adoption Convention: NOT A CENT!
William Duncan, Hague Adoption Convention (2010): ‘ Yes, it’s trafficking. A crime. You are not allowed to sell children.’
Police look into children with obscure IDs
Source: http://english.peopledaily.com April 14, 2011 The Ministry of Public Security is carrying out a six-month inquiry to learn who certain children with obscure identities are and will hold the leaders of the local police departments accountable if child abductions occur, the ministry said on Tuesday. As part of a six-month campaign that began that day,… Weiter »
Baby girl may be stuck in Vietnam
Source:http://news.asiaone.com Sat, Apr 09, 2011 By Desmond Ng HE WANTED a baby with his Vietnamese wife. But the 55-year-old Singaporean thought he was old and didn’t want any „medical issues“. So he turned to adopting a baby in Vietnam. All was going according to plan, until now. Mr YH Yap, has just found out that… Weiter »
Legalising adoptions – food for thought (1)
1 April 2011 United Adoptees International (UAI), on their Blog, alert to the fact that the fastest growing Dutch adoption agency NAS is pushing for reopening Haitian adoptions by way of an Internet petition. The Dutch Secretary of State Fred Teeven had decided in December 2010 to temporarily suspend these adoptions. „Due to the limited capacity… Weiter »
