International Adoption Corruption

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There is nothing that matters more to human beings than knowing our biological roots. Children, who are moved from their biological families or their birth environment, live with a big gaping hole in their hearts that nobody or nothing could ever fill. Orphan children are children who lost one or two of their parents. They have other families who are …

The Perverse Effects of the Hague Adoption Convention

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Last year I published the book titled Romania For Export Only, The Untold Story Of The Romanian ‘Orphans.’ The book focused on my work for the European Commission in relation to the reform of Romania’s child protection. In this book, I describe the facts that led to the moratorium on intercountry adoptions and the pressure to re-open adoptions in Romania. …