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Chaos after the earthquake increases the risk that children disappearing and being abused by criminal gangs. Another powerful earthquake struck today (13, May 2015) Nepal and led many to run out into the street in panic. But the chaos that reigns in the country after two major earthquakes in less than a month – and countless aftershocks – will now …
This article describes the effects that the Hague Adoption Convention had on adoptions from Romania. The aim of the Hague Convention was to guarantee that intercountry adoption would take place in the interest of the child, with respect for his/her fundamental rights, and to prevent the abduction, sale of or trafficking in children. Romania was one of the first countries …
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 …
November 2000. Martin Adler goes undercover to report on the profit-driven adoption business in Guatemala. He reveals how children are not being sold to would-be parents from overseas; they are actually being sold to meet demand. 99% of Guatemala’s adoptions are organized by private sector agencies and lawyers, who use the weak adoption laws, and the internet, to profit from selling …
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 …
