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Bulgaria, Poland and Ukraine: US Department of State Adoption Alert – Adverse Action taken by Council on Accreditation towards Saint Mary’s International Adoption
From the US Department of State: Alert: Adverse Action taken by Council on Accreditation towards Saint Mary’s International Adoption On September 2, 2011, the Council on Accreditation made the decision to temporarily suspend Saint Mary’s International Adoption for failing to maintain substantial compliance with the Hague accreditation standards. Saint Mary’s International Adoption is a Hague [...]
Bulgaria, Greece: Baby trafficking gang sold infants for 25,000 euros
From SE Times: A cross-border criminal ring, which trafficked pregnant women to Greece and sold their newborn babies there, has been smashed as part of an ongoing joint operation by Bulgarian and Greek police, authorities in the two Balkan nations said on Tuesday (January 25th). A statement by Bulgaria’s interior ministry said a total of [...]
Bulgaria strives to end plight of abandoned children
From Google News via AFP: Kuna, a pretty eight-year-old girl, lives in an orphanage in Bulgaria, abandoned by her family, but her Roma origins mean her chances of adoption are almost nil. “Kuna’s features do not reveal her origins, but her documents dissuade adoption candidates,” said Nadya Dzhunova, director of the Slaveykov children’s home in [...]
Ireland: New adoption agency to bid for clients in coming weeks
From The Irish Times: A new adoption mediation agency will seek to engage with the governments of Vietnam, Bulgaria, India and Mexico concerning adoption when the Adoption Bill is passed in the coming weeks. The Bill ratifies the Hague Convention on inter-country adoption. The executive director of Arc Adoption, Shane Downer, former chief executive of [...]
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