I Was Stolen From My Parents

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J’ai été vole à mes parents (which in French means “I was stolen from my parents”) is a true story of Céline Giraud, a French woman of Peruvian origins, written by herself with the collaboration of a Émilie Trevert, a French journalist. (1) Céline Giraud was adopted from Peru by French parents at the age of 16 days old in …

Tinan, Testimony of an Uprooted Child

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“In 2002, I finally found my family. I learned the exact circumstances of my adoption: I had been kidnapped with forty children from an institution that is called  a “nursery” here, where poor families can leave their children, for the time to get out of a distress situation, and take them back.” Part 1: Interview with Tinan Leroy held in 2010 …

Father Begins Legal Fight To Get Infant Back From Adoptive Parents

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LOGAN — Utah’s controversial laws regarding a father’s rights in adoption procedures are in the spotlight again. On Friday, a 20-year-old man who claims he just lost his newborn daughter to an unwanted adoption began the legal fight to get her back.The attorney hired by Colby Nielsen called a press conference Friday afternoon to make his arguments to the public, …

Babies for Export – Guatemala

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Most babies go to the USA where demand is high. “It is difficult,” says one mother, “After she had gone I didn’t eat for days.”  Such is the demand that babies are even being kidnapped.  Changing hands for $3000 on the black market. To prevent the illegal adoption of kidnapped babies compulsory blood tests have been introduced by the American …

Many Adoptions Based on False Information

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Since a few years ago came to light that adopted children from Ethiopia were ‘harvested’ and conned from their parents, caused a stir. But adoptions from numerous other countries saves on false papers, lies and deceit. Now a new law on the way to provide secure adoptions – maybe. The affluent South Korea is considered a model country for international …