A onetime division chief for the National Security Agency is expected to plead guilty to child abuse resulting in death of his 3 y.o. Korean adopted son

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A onetime division chief for the National Security Agency is expected to plead guilty this month to child abuse resulting in death, according to records filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court. Brian O’Callaghan, 38, of Damascus was arrested last year in connection with the death of his 3-year-old son, Madoc. At that time, authorities said O’Callaghan beat the child to …

Spain’s Secret Shame: Baby Black Market Exposed

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By Dale Hurd BARCELONA, Spain — At a cemetery in Barcelona, trucks arrived for a court-ordered exhumation. All across Spain, officials are opening the coffins of dead newborn babies to see if there are any human remains inside.They have discovered that many of the coffins are empty. Spain is reeling from one of the worst crimes since World War II. …

Update on the adoption debate in Denmark following the revelation of “Child Harvesters” in Ethiopia.

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By Anders Riel Müller / 송연준 The Danish Social Appeals Board withdrew the license of Danish adoption agency DanAdopt to work with the Ethiopian orphanage Enat Alem on February 27, 2013. The decision was made because “fundamental ethical principles” were breached at the orphanage. Following further investigations by the Social Appeals Board, DanAdopt had its license for adoption from Ethiopia revoked …

Britain’s child migrants: ‘I was told I was going on a picnic’

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Up until 1970, the UK regularly shipped thousands of orphans and illegitimate children abroad to a life of virtual slave labour and, often, abuse. Giulia Rhodes meets two victims of a policy that robbed them of a childhood and a family Sunday evenings were the highlight of the week when Tony Costa was a child. Then, he and the other …