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 …

BBC Sounds: Adoptees from South Korea Call for an Investigation

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BBC Sounds:  Adoptees from South Korea call for an investigation into false family histories. “Nearly 300 people adopted by European and American parents from South Korea as children have made applications demanding South Korea’s government investigate their adoptions. They suspect documents about their identities and families were falsified. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Korea has four months to …

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

Are Korean Adoptees Labeled as Orphans? Investigation needed.

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Did Adoption Agencies label 200,000 Korean infants and children as orphans in order to process them overseas for international adoption? Hundreds of Korean adoptees are requesting an investigation into their adoptions. Danish Korean adoptees, along with global demand, seek the truth about their adoptions. “We have reason to suspect that a lot of the information about us, at least the …