Adoption Agencies label Korean Adoptees as orphans in order to process overseas

Adoption Documents Forgery: Korean Social Services

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In the Danish adoption papers, I was an orphan found in Busan. In 2016, after I requested adoption documents from Korea, the Korean Social Service Society (KSS) sent me an email saying they regretted falsifying the information that I was an orphan, and they said that I was born, raised, and made by someone. “I finally found my mother after …

Afghan couple sues U.S. Marine for allegedly abducting baby

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Yamiche Alcindor, Washington Week An Afghan couple are suing a U.S. Marine and his wife for allegedly abducting their baby. The Marine asked a federal judge to dismiss the case, insisting that he and his wife are the child’s legal parents. On Washington Week Recommends, Yamiche Alcindor talks to Juliet Linderman, who has been reporting on this story, to learn …

Holt International Adoption Agency in Seoul Korea

Holt International President and CEO Phil Littleton Resigns from Adoption Agency

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Phil Littleton, the president and CEO of Holt International Children’s Services, has resigned, according to an announcement by the Eugene-based child adoption agency. The nonprofit’s board of directors have appointed Dan Smith, the organization’s chief financial officer, to serve as interim CEO effective Saturday, according to a news release. Littleton did not return requests for comment Friday. In a phone …

Demand for an investigation into Holt International

More Than 300 Korean Adoptees Demand the Truth From Holt International About Their Adoption

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Peter Regel Møller is the front figure for 283 adoptees from South Korea, who are now demanding that the truth about their first year of life come to light. Adoption: Imagine that one day, you are told that you are two years younger than what is written on your birth certificate. That you weren’t born in the city, you thought. …

European Adoption Consultants Guilty of Defrauding the U.S.

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Former Executive Director of International Adoption Agency Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Adoption Scheme The former executive director of an Ohio-based international adoption agency pleaded guilty today in the Northern District of Ohio to defrauding the U.S. and Polish authorities in connection with the adoption of a Polish child. WASHINGTON (7News) — Margaret Cole, the former owner of European Adoption Consultants, pled …