Bali orphanages: How tourist cash funds a racket

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As tourism has boomed in Bali, it has had a strange side-effect, doubling the number of orphanages on the island in 20 years. Tourists’ donations keep the orphanages going – but some are effectively rackets, exploiting children and holidaymakers alike.  I met Pam and Samantha, an Australian mother and daughter who had traveled all the way from Perth, with a …

Indian children trafficked to United States is a reality, says U.S. diplomat

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Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:19 GMT Author: Nita Bhalla SILIGURI, India, Feb 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Cases of Indian children being smuggled to the United States are a reality, a U.S. diplomat said on Friday, reacting to a media report that police had busted an international child trafficking racket operating in the southern city …

Saving Our Sisters from Domestic Adoption Trafficking

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Amber Geislinger speaks with Lynn Johansenn, adoption reform activist and founder of Saving Our Sisters. Saving Our Sisters is a non-profit grassroots charity saving mommies and babies from domestic adoption trafficking. Lynn is a hero, an inspiration to activists and survivors of adoption trafficking. She tells her personal story as a natural/biological mother who fell victim to the multi-billion dollar …