Those who purchase trafficked children to face punishment

2015-08-31 08:08 Global Times Editor: Li Yan

People who buy an abducted child from traffickers will now face punishment, according to amendments to the Criminal Law adopted by China's top legislature on Saturday.

According to amendments made to Article 241 of the Criminal Law, those who buy an abducted child but "do not maltreat the child nor obstruct his or her rescue" shall now be punished, although that punishment will be lighter than those who do abuse children or hamper their rescue, reported the Xinhua News Agency.

The previous provisions stipulated that suspects were exempt from punishment if they did not maltreat the abducted children, which has led to controversies, said experts.

Foreign adoptions on the rise again, says report

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?Mexico adoption-for-cash scheme took babies from mothers

Mexico's flag flutters next to the Metropolitan Cathedral at Zocalo Square in Mexico City, Mexico August 26, 2015. HENRY ROMERO, REUTERS

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MEXICO CITY -- A child welfare official in northern Mexico took at least nine babies from poor or drug-addicted mothers and offered them to adoptive parents in exchange for payments ranging from $5,000 to $9,000, authorities said Friday.

Dit is vanaf volgende week de machtigste Nederlander in Brussel

Als secretaris-generaal gaat Alexander Italianer elke maandag de vergadering van de kabinetschefs leiden, en zit hij 's woensdags bij het wekelijkse overleg van alle Eurocommissarissen. Beeld Tim Dirven, HH

Als secretaris-generaal gaat Alexander Italianer elke maandag de vergadering van de kabinetschefs leiden, en zit hij 's woensdags bij het wekelijkse overleg van alle Eurocommissarissen.Beeld Tim Dirven, HH

De Nederlander Alexander Italianer bekroont zijn model-carrière in Brussel: hij wordt de nieuwe secretaris-generaal van de Europese Commissie. Een 'dossiervreter' is hij, die de publiciteit mijdt.

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Dos funcionarios vendían niños en Sonora desde 2012, confirma el procurador

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El procurador de Sonora, Carlos Navarro, confirmó este jueves 27 de agosto que al menos dos funcionarios estatales participaron en la venta de unos nueve niños –entre 80 mil y 50 mil pesos cada uno–, desde 2012, publicó Animal Político en su página de internet.

En conferencia de prensa, Navarro dijo que hasta el momento se han logrado identificar a nueve menores que fueron sustraídos de manera irregular, y agregó que “el primer responsable del tráfico de menores es Vladimir Arzate. Ya se le giró orden de aprehensión”.

Arzate era el coordinador de la línea telefónica Protege en Sonora, destinada a recibir denuncias de maltrato infantil.

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“Opaque” system causes dwindling adoption rate

GRANT SCOTT | 26 AUGUST 2015

Congolese children 'rescued' by minister Boschi last year

ROME- Italy sees an all-time low in adoptions this year, with associations citing the cost, the waiting time and no guarantee of a child as being the primary reasons for the decline. In 2010, 4130 children were adopted in Italy whilst in the first half of 2014 there were only 950 adoptions, a 30 percent decrease from the same period in 2010. Analysts say that this year shows a further decrease.

In Gabicce Mare, west of Florence, a two-day conference on the issue began on Wednesday in which Italy and other European countries such as France and Spain came together in the hope of raising adoption rates. The organisers of the event, l’Associazione amici dei bambini (The Friends of Children Association) said that the principal reason for a decrease in requests was due to exorbitant costs.

Robert Ilunga Numbi of the "Friends of Nelson Mandela for the defense of Human Rights:

Children are being kidnapped by a certain Rambo from the Matonge area, for Julienne Mpemba who lives in Belgium. After kidnapping the children, the criminals place the children in so-called orphanages and change their names, with as only goal to get huge money from their partners.

Le dernier point abordé est celui du vol des enfants. A titre illustratif, il a évoqué le cas d’un certain Rambo du quartier Matonge qui volait des enfants pour le compte d’une certaine Julienne Mpemba qui vit en Belgique. Dès que ces enfants sont kidnappés, ces malfaiteurs les placent dans des prétendus orphelinats en changeant leurs noms, dans le seul but d’avoir de fonds faramineux auprès de leurs partenaires.

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Svenska adoptivföräldrarnas får vänta länge på besked

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De svenska adoptivföräldrarna Marcus Häger och Anna Glenngård Häger får vänta till 18 september på besked. SVT

De svenska adoptivföräldrarna Marcus Häger och Anna Glenngård Häger får vänta till 18 september på besked. Foto: SVT

I dag togs fallet med de svenska och danska adoptivföräldrarna i Kenya upp i rätten. Där beslutades att dna-test ska genomföras och att nästa förhandling där beslut ska fattas hålls inte förrän den 18 september.

NSW police fail to arrest child pornography distributor; foster child adopted by offender

BY THE NATIONAL REPORTING TEAM'S JOSIE TAYLOR

22 August 2015

A child abuse case in the north west has drawn attention to systemic failings

PHOTO The girl was formally adopted by the man and his wife.