European Adoption Consultants Guilty of Defrauding the U.S.

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Former Executive Director of International Adoption Agency Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Adoption Scheme The former executive director of an Ohio-based international adoption agency pleaded guilty today in the Northern District of Ohio to defrauding the U.S. and Polish authorities in connection with the adoption of a Polish child. WASHINGTON (7News) — Margaret Cole, the former owner of European Adoption Consultants, pled …

Is Adoption a Baby Business?

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How demand from US families seeking to adopt babies from abroad has paved the way for exploitation and fraud. The only place Florence and Jennifer see their children now is in photos. Five years ago, they sent them to stay with their sister Mariam. But when they returned to collect them their children had disappeared. Mariam claimed she had put …

African Children being sold to U.S. families — CNN report

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The Davises shared their story exclusively with CNN, saying they believe that Ugandan children like Mata are being trafficked, with American families not knowing the real stories behind their adoptions. An investigation by CNN into this alleged trafficking scheme found that children are being taken from their homes in Uganda on the promise of better schooling, placed into orphanages even …