Kategorie: United States

Money Back for Adoption Scam Victims

Source: http://independent.com   Fifty-Nine Families Ripped Off by Orson Mozes to Receive $167,000 on Monday Saturday, July 23, 2011 by CHRIS MEAGHER (CONTACT) Nearly 60 families scammed by Orson Mozes’s adoption scheme will finally be getting a portion of the money they lost returned to them, almost two years after Judge George Eskin ordered the distribution.

Notice: Orphanage Closures in Ethiopia

Source: http://adoption.state.gov  Ethiopia July 21, 2011 The Department of State has learned that several agencies are reporting to their clients the closure of Mussie Child Care Center in Hosana, Ethiopia due to a revocation of their license to operate by Ethiopian authorities. The Department is aware that rumors of several other orphanage closure are circulating… Weiter »

Russia and the United States end adoption dispute

Source: http://en.rian.ru © AFP/ Fabrice Coffrini11:38 15/07/2011RIA Novosti commentator Olga Barykova After long deliberations, Russia and the United States have finally agreed on new terms for child adoption. According to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, only accredited agencies will be allowed to administer the adoption of Russian children by American families, and a single federal body will… Weiter »

Adoption is back in business at home

Source: http://zeenews.india.com Sunday, July 10, 2011, 13:11 Rashi Aditi Ghosh/ Zee Research Group Adoption is back in business in India. The adoption levels within the country more than doubled in the last four years. In contrast, adoption of kids born in India abroad has registered a sharp fall. But nobody is losing sleep over that.

L’adoption internationale : une priorité qu’on veut nous imposer

Date: 2011-06-27 Source: http://www.lenouvelliste.com Haïti: Cet article est dédié à tous les parents haïtiens qui jusqu’à ce jour gardent l’espoir de retrouver leurs enfants séparés d’eux à la suite du tremblement de terre du 12 janvier 2010. Quelques jours après le tremblement de terre de 2010, un journaliste étranger écrivait : l’adoption internationale n’est pas une aide… Weiter »

Babies just another commodity

Source: http://m.nzherald.co.nz 18 June, 2011 In rural Nepal, where the going rate for a healthy orphan is US$6000 ($7449), about 600 children are missing. They were taken by agents who came to the villages promising parents they would educate the children and give them a better life in the capital, sometimes for a steep fee…. Weiter »

Couples sue adoption agency for „bait, switch“ scheme

Source: http://www.reuters.com By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA | Wed Jun 15, 2011 (Reuters) – Five couples claim an international adoption agency that promised each a baby from Guatemala scammed them in a „bait and switch“ scheme and are suing under a federal law more often used against mobsters and drug dealers. The lawsuit against Main Street… Weiter »

U.S. man accused of raping Russian foster daughter says relations ‚consensual‘

Source: http://en.rian.ru © RIA Novosti. Grigoriy Sysoev 19:06 10/06/2011 A U.S. man charged with raping his adopted Russian daughter has described his relations with the teenager as „consensual,“ Russian Children’s Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said on Friday. The man was arrested in 2010 on charges of regularly raping the Russian adoptee, Ksenia, although the Russian embassy only… Weiter »

Authorities trafficking ‚illegal‘ children

Source: http://www.onenewsnow.com   Charlie Butts – OneNewsNow – 6/8/2011 3:30:00 AM A research group that aims to expose the myth of overpopulation has evidence that some Chinese officials are trafficking children who are born to couples that have already reached the state-imposed limit of one child. Steven Mosher heads the Population Research Institute (PRI) and reports that when… Weiter »