More than 200 newborn babies were illegally sold or given away by Dr. Thomas J. Hicks during the 1950s and 1960s

A new TLC special will share the untold stories of the “Hicks Babies,” more than 200 newborn babies illegally sold or given away from the back steps of a small-town Georgia clinic run by Dr. Thomas J. Hicks during the 1950s and 1960s.

PEOPLE can exclusively announce that the three-night special Taken At Birth will air Oct. 9 through Oct. 11.

The story broke in 1997, revealing that Hicks was alleged to have spearheaded a black market baby ring out of his clinic. Since the undercover operation was exposed, many Hicks Babies have desperately searched for their biological families, yet decades later, are still looking for their birth parents.

Taken At Birth follows Jane Blasio, the youngest of the known Hicks Babies, who helped break the story and has since dedicated her life to finding out the truth. Blasio enlists TLC’s Long Lost Family co-hosts Lisa Joyner and Chris Jacobs to solve a decades-old mystery, reunite birth families and ultimately help them find closure.

Alex Gilbert was two years old when he was adopted from a Russian orphanage by his New Zealand parents.

Now, 25 years later he's helping Kiwis reunite with their birth parents, like he did.

Mr Gilbert is filming every step of the journey for a new TVNZ reality series called Reunited.

He spoke to Seven Sharp about the details of the show.

"We are starting a show called Reunited which helps other adopted people from all over the world and in New Zealand reach out to their birth families.

GUWAHATI: Barpeta (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Barpeta) police on Saturday rescued a 15-day-old infant from a

gang running a human trafficking (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/human-trafficking) racket. The child was kidnapped

from her residence in Barpeta district (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Barpeta-district)'s Bahmura village by Hasanur

Ali and Iman Ali (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Iman-Ali). The duo had sold off the child for Rs 10,000.

While Imran was caught, Hasanur is still on the run. The child was rescued from Wahidul Haque and his wife who claimed to

The FIR against the suspected couple was lodged at Vijay Nagar police station on September 11 upon complaint by a resident of Crossings Republik.

The Ghaziabad police are investigating a case lodged against a couple from Biharipura in Vijay Nagar for allegedly selling their newborn girl child to another couple from Adarsh Nagar for Rs 10,000.

The police said that the FIR against the couple was lodged at Vijay Nagar police station on September 11 upon complaint by a resident of Crossings Republik.

According to the district administration officials, the child was born on August 24. The suspect couple is also parent to a boy and four other girls.

On September 11, the complainant in the case, Akanksha Pandey, came to know about the alleged incident from her domestic help, officials said. The domestic help told Pandey that the suspect couple had given away their newborn girl child to another couple for Rs 10,000.

The baby trafficking and the little reliability of the data

The difficulty that many nationals have to know their origin is not due to a chance of destiny, but to a dark time in our history that has its consequences until today. As an inheritance of this sad chapter, there is little or no reliability of the documentation generated at that time.

At the end of the 80's, the "bebetráfico" was installed in our country, which reached its highest point in the 90s. In the hands of international adoptions, the noble figure of adoption practically became a ruthless trade. Gradually, the reports of robberies of creatures of maternity homes, houses and on public roads became constant.

This sad fame transcended the border and in February 1996, was embodied in the American newspaper Pioneer Press, under the title "The route of the traffic of creatures."

“Smiling Minnesota couples arrive regularly at the Minneapolis International Airport, St. Paul, carrying sparkling creatures in their arms. It is the final stage of the adoption mechanism that begins in Paraguay, a poor country, but rich in one aspect: the burgeoning international baby trade, ”the note in question began.

Tourists volunteering in Cambodian orphanages may be unwittingly fuelling an industry that exploits children for profit.

After emerging from more than two decades of war in the 1990s, Cambodia has relied heavily on tourism to rebuild its economy.

It is one of the top destinations for young travellers, many of whom sign up with global volunteering companies.

'Voluntourists', however, may be unwittingly fuelling the exploitation of children in poorly regulated orphanages.

Reports of child neglect and appalling living conditions, as well as stories of orphanage directors embezzling donor money, have emerged.

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Civil servants suspected of adoption fraud

The court wants to bring seven civil servants to court because they are allegedly involved in a large-scale fraud with Congolese adopted children. That reports Het Nieuwsblad.

14 September 2019

With eight, they are the suspects of large-scale adoption fraud with Congolese 'orphans' who the federal public prosecutor wants to drag for a criminal court. According to the newspaper, in addition to pivotal figure Julienne Mpemba - for many years at the head of the orphanage in Kinshasa - it would be about seven people who were or were employed by the French Community.

The number of adoptions in Germany has leveled off at around 4,000 a year. According to a report, Family Minister Giffey is now planning amendments to the adoption law.

Federal Family Minister Franziska Giffey (SPD) wants to fundamentally reform the adoption aid in Germany. This reports the editorial network Germany. In the future, there should be a legal claim to the unlimited support of all those involved in an adoption.

Among other things, the contact between the family of origin and the adoptive family should be promoted more strongly. The aim is to promote an open approach to adoption. The exchanges should take over a pilot function.

German:

Die Zahl der Adoptionen in Deutschland hat sich auf etwa 4.000 im Jahr eingepegelt. Einem Bericht zufolge plant Familienministerin Giffey nun Änderungen im Adoptionsrecht.

Adoption of children: Giffey wants more rights for biological parents

Around 4000 children are adopted annually in Germany.

Federal Family Minister Franziska Giffey (SPD) plans a legal entitlement to adoption support for all participants - the biological parents, the adoptive parents and the children.

It wants to strengthen the structures of the adoption agencies.

Federal Family Minister Franziska Giffey (SPD) wants to reform the adoption aid in Germany. Among other things, there will be a legal entitlement to the unlimited support of all those involved in an adoption in the future, as well as obligatory counseling of all those involved by an adoption agency before the adoption of stepchild adoption options.

Draft Law to Improve Family Support in Adoption (Adoption Aid Act)

On 13 September 2019, the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth initiated the participation of countries and associations in the draft bill for the Adoption Aid Act.

The Adoption Aid Act is intended to implement the Coalition Agreement by modernizing the adoption system and improving the structures of adoption brokerage. The bill is based on the findings of the Adoption research and expertise process, which were won during the last legislative period.

The aim of the draft is to promote the success of adoptions and thus to ensure the well-being of the children. This includes professional support by specialized professionals before, during and after adoption. For this purpose, a legal entitlement to follow-up assistance should be introduced for all those involved in an adoption, and compulsory counseling should be introduced before submitting notarial certifications for stepchild adoption options.

Open treatment of adoption should be encouraged