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CAI, SIlvia della Monica in the Justice Committee of the Italian Senate

Adoptions to square one: the budget Silvia Della Monica

of Sara De Carli October 12, 2016

The Justice Committee in the afternoon there was the hearing of the Vice President of CAI, Silvia Della Monica. LIFE also mentioned: "It is not the gospel." First part

He was supposed to last an hour, a hearing of two full hours. Intense. Surprising in a sense. finding investigation in the framework of the laws on the status of implementation on adoptions and foster care, the room Judiciary Committee has played in the afternoon the hearing of Silvia Della Monica, vice president of the Commission for international adoptions. This is the last scheduled hearing. "I would have ended with the hearing of Minister Woods, several colleagues have requested the intervention of the vice president, she has given its availability," he explained the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Donatella Ferranti (PD).

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Fusion: The blurry line between international adoption and child trafficking

The blurry line between international adoption and child traffickingBy Fusion | November 8, 2016

When people look to adopt abroad they can’t be sure they’re not playing into the hands of traffickers. On this episode of The Traffickers, host Nelufar Hedayat takes us inside the underworld of international adoption and explains what surprised her most along the way.The Traffickers airs Sundays at 10 PM on Fusion.

Fusion: Who's really profiting from international adoptions?

Who's really profiting from international adoptions?By Fusion | November 8, 2016

Often adoption starts out with good intentions, but the desire to adopt internationally can lead to the exploitation of some of the world’s most vulnerable children. In this episode of The Traffickers, Nelufar Hedayat learns that money meant to care for children who are being adopted doesn’t always end up in the right hands.The Traffickers airs Sundays at 10 PM on Fusion.

Fusion: How international adoption creates a market for child trafficking

GOOD INTENTIONS, SAD EFFECTS 11/9/16 4:30 PM

How international adoption creates a market for child trafficking

By Sarah McClure

International adoption is often presented in the U.S. as a morally justified way of helping poor children around the world. But there’s a criminal side of this business that makes victims of everyone, from families in America who pay tens of thousands of dollars in adoption fees, to those in developing countries who are conned into giving up their children.

In Episode 1 of Fusion’s new investigative series The Traffickers, correspondent Nelufar Hedayat travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where she finds herself at the intersection of international adoption and child trafficking. Here, seeming acts of kindness can be easily derailed by fraud and corruption.

Fusion: Is this adoption agency selling children?

Is this adoption agency selling children?By Fusion | November 8, 2016

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nelufar visits a school and center for abandoned children. Here she meets the woman in charge, who tells Nel how she convinces parents to relinquish rights to their kids.The Traffickers airs Sundays at 10 PM on Fusion.

Plan to deregulate council social workers is a bad idea that has not been properly evaluated, says Lord Ramsbotham

Plan to deregulate council social workers is a bad idea that has not been properly evaluated, says Lord Ramsbotham

House of Lords chamber

Peers voted 245-213 in favour of an amendment to scrap clause 29 of the bill in its entirety. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA

Tuesday 8 November 2016

The government has suffered a defeat in the House of Lords over plans to allow councils to opt out of legal obligations to vulnerable children.

The Traffickers: Journalist explores the dark world of trafficking in riveting TV series

November 7th, 2016

Journalist explores the dark world of trafficking in riveting TV seriesBritish journalist Nelufar Hedayat is hosting the new Fusion show “The Traffickers,” which looks at the dark underside of the black market in adoptions, pharmaceuticals and human organs. The former Afghan refugee tells Kathie Lee and Hoda she wants to give a voice to the people who are impacted by illicit trade.

Roemenië heeft nu zelf jeugdzorg

Roemenië heeft nu zelf jeugdzorg

adoptiestop | Roemeense kinderen waren populair op de adoptiemarkt: zielig en toch niet zwart. Roemenië stopte met internationale adoptie in 2001.

RUNA HELLINGA

BOEDAPEST

Roemenië weet alles van de schaduwzijde van internationale adoptie. Toen begin jaren negentig de beelden de wereld over gingen van naakte, vervuilde en broodmagere kinderen in naargeestige tehuizen, die bezoekers vanuit hun spijlenbed met holle ogen aankeken, voelden vele West-Europeanen en Amerikanen zich geroepen om zo'n kind te helpen.

Bubble bursts for hedge fund gala that celebrated age of excess

Hedge funds

Bubble bursts for hedge fund gala that celebrated age of excess

Ark founding chairman Arpad Busson

APRIL 28, 2013 by: Sam Jones, Hedge Fund Correspondent

As with the bottles of Krug, the Ark gala – once the lavish pinnacle of London’s boomtime financial social scene – has been put on ice.