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Betrayed Trust: Holt International’s Troubling Associations and Their Impact on Adoptees

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The Dark Shadows Looming Over Holt International Children Services. In the world of international adoption, Holt International Children Services has long been regarded as a beacon of hope for desperate adoptive parents seeking grateful children. However, recent revelations have cast a pall over the agency’s reputation. Hiring David Cousineau, a former priest accused of sexually molesting an 11-year-old girl for …

CBC Canada Korean Adoptees Uncover Adoption Agency Scams

Korean Canadian Adoptees Learn Their Adoption Was a Lie: “I Want the Truth”.

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“I’m a Korean Canadian Adoptee. I want the truth.” After decades of believing they were orphans, several Korean Canadians have learned that their Korean parents may still be alive. CBC’s Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang helps uncover how they got here and why some say Canada ignored evidence of botched adoption paperwork. Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang helps uncover how they got …

Adoption Scams in the United States

Baby Brokers: Adoption Scams in the United States

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Private Adoptions in the United States: What Adoption Profiteers Don’t Want You to Know A web of consultants, facilitators, and other middlemen have made private adoption a lucrative business. But the profit motives can leave mothers feeling coerced, and nationwide, a lack of regulation creates opportunities for exploitation. In partnership with TIME, this Newsy report shows the murky world of …

The Cruel History of Overseas Adoptions

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South Korea’s Cruel Adoption Industry Adopted to France at the age of 11, Kim believed that her parents abandoned her. It wasn’t until she stumbled upon her adoption papers earlier this year that she began to doubt what she had believed all her life. She remembers her parents clearly, but the name on her adoption papers is none other than …

Korean Adoptees Request to Stop International Adoptions from South Korea

Someone made my biological mother sign the relinquishing paper, but she couldn't read; she didn't know what she was signing!

Tinan Leroy, Adoptionland Contributor (RIP)

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