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 …

Manipulative Counseling Tactics On How To Give Informed Consent For Adoption

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Because of the strong western demand for adoptable babies, the adoption pressure groups must keep the blood-gates of ‘available’ children open. Adoption agencies need the “Hague” industry stamp of approval in order to appear ethical. This is an actual video demonstrating how the Haitian community receives education on “the child’s best interest.”

Harry Holt the Godfather of Holt International Adoption Agency

The History of Harry Holt & International Adoption Program

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Learn how Harry Holt started the overseas adoption program in South Korea, which now serves as the foundation of international adoption worldwide. Publisher’s Summary Has the global manmade market for children exploited mothers, fathers, families, and communities? Gain a bird’s-eye view of the hidden side of the practice here. How would you like to be given a new identity to …

Holt International Adoption Agency in Seoul Korea

Court Orders Holt to Compensate Crapser for Overseas Adoption

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A local court has ordered Holt Children’s Services to pay compensation to a South Korean adoptee who was illegally sent overseas despite having biological parents in the country. The Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday sided with the plaintiff, 48-year-old Adam Crapser, born Shin Song-hyuk, ordering the agency to pay 100 million won, or 75-thousand U.S. dollars, plus delayed interest. …

Adoption Trafficking

The Hague Adoption Convention (HAC) vs. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)

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The Hague Adoption Convention (HAC) created a child market for the paying customer, the adoptive parents. This video is an extremely informative presentation on the Adoption Hague Convention (HAC) versus the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The main difference: The UNCRC does not export children. They take care of the children locally. Under the UNCRC, children have …