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Foreign adoptions by Americans hit 15-year low
From the Associated Press (via Yahoo News): The number of foreign children adopted by Americans fell by 13 percent last year, reaching the lowest level since 1995 due in large part to a virtual halt to adoptions from Guatemala because of corruption problems. China remained America’s No. 1 source of adopted children, accounting for 3,401, [...]
Can DNA tests stop child trafficking?
From The Crime Report: UNICEF estimates that 1.2 million children a year are trafficked worldwide. Until recently, international investigators had few useful tools to address the theft of children, but a new science-based initiative could help put some of the worst child traffickers out of business. In May 2010, Bolivian authorities detained a group of [...]
Pennsylvania: Fallout felt from airlift of Haitian orphans
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: …The boys were part of the airlift of 54 orphans Jan. 18, led by Gov. Ed Rendell and U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire, D-McCandless, after appeals by two Ben Avon sisters, Jamie and Ali McMutrie… And one year later, many international adoption experts and child welfare officials are trying to work with [...]
Haitian adoptees arrive in Paris
From Voice of America: Some French families got an early Christmas present when the first group of more than 300 adopted Haitian children landed in Paris. Their arrival ends months of waiting, but not the controversy over their adoption. The 113 Haitian children got a red-carpet reception at the Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris, [...]
Netherlands temporarily halts adoptions from Haiti
From newKerala.com: Dutch State Secretary for Public Safety and Justice Fred Teeven on Monday announced his decision to temporarily halt all adoptions from disaster-struck Haiti. Haiti is still trying to recover from a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake which struck close to Port-au-Prince on January 12, killing more than 230,000 people. Additionally, large parts of Haiti are [...]
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