Danish childless couples can once again adopt a child from Vietnam. Denmark and Vietnam have signed a binding agreement on adoption after the Vietnamese authorities tightened up their adoption law last year due to a number of corruption cases.

Danish childless couples can once again adopt a child from Vietnam. Denmark and Vietnam have signed a binding agreement on adoption.

The Vietnamese authorities tightened their adoption laws last summer. It happened after a series of corruption cases involving children who were bought by poor parents and sold on to France, among others, for a large profit outside the official channels.

Over the past five years, the police have uncovered several criminal networks that have traded with up to 200 Vietnamese children.

As the first country, Denmark has entered into an agreement that ensures that all procedures and rules are complied with and that there are permissions from all relevant parties prior to an adoption, says head of office Michael Jørgensen from the Directorate of Civil Justice.

The Danish Family Agency is not immediately prepared to take a decision on whether adoptions from India should again be closed, as DF demands. The board will first see the new information from the Indian police.

The Family Agency will look at the new information from India before deciding whether to close adoptions from the country.

This throws couples who are on a waiting list or who have adopted children from India into uncertainty.

Following new information from the federal police in India, which reveals corruption far up in the Indian adoption authorities, the Danish People's Party has demanded that adoption from the country be closed.

When Guillermo Gómez (above) was a boy, in the mid-1980s, he was lying in bed next to his mother at their home in Buenos Aires, when she asked him a strange question: “What would you do if one of these days, when I’m working, a woman comes along and tells you she’s your mother? Would you run away with her?” Guillermo didn’t understand. How could he have another mother? Tears welled in his eyes. “I’m not going anywhere,” he whimpered. “You’re my mother.”

134 people have already reported questions about their adoption. Some adoptions date back sixty years or more. About twenty reports concern adoptions after 2000. This was reported by De Standaard on Thursday. Flemish Minister of Welfare Hilde Crevits (CD&V) wants each of these 134 adoptions to be rescreened.

In November last year it was confirmed that some adoptions of Ethiopian children through the Ray of Hope adoption agency had been abusive. Researchers who travelled to the country on behalf of Crevits and examined twelve adoption files, found that in at least one case parents had not consciously given up their child for adoption.

Following these initial results, the minister launched a broad appeal: anyone with questions about their own adoption or that of their child could report them. 134 people have already done so. This concerns reports about adoptions dating back to the 1950s and 1960s, as well as adoptions after 2000. There are 21 countries of origin among them.

Another 25 additional reports were received about Ethiopia, in addition to 21 reports about adoptions within Belgium and ten reports about adoptions from France. Other large clusters are 28 reports about adoptions from India and 19 about South Korea.

Vijayawada:After receiving a complaint, police have started an inquiry into the alleged illegal adoption of a baby girl by a childless couple in Narasaraopet, Palnadu district. The women and child development authorities said that an illegal adoption of a months-old baby girl by a woman came to their notice. The childless mother wanted a child and adopted the baby girl, reportedly unaware of the adoption rules.

Meanwhile, the police have started the inquiry on the issue amid allegations that money was involved in the illegal adoption and also the issue was not limited to just one baby as there were reports of a few more babies given in adoption for money. Palnadu district women and child development project director Uma Rani said, “It has come to our notice about the unauthorised adoption of a baby girl by a woman with no children, probably unaware of the norms to do so. We have alerted the police on the issue to take up inquiry.”  

The sisters- Rani and Sushma used to live in the Children National Institute Orphanage in Uttar Pradesh when they were taken to Denmark by a Danish woman in 1962. They were thrilled to visit their childhood abode and had a fun time with the children at the institute.

Prayagraj: Back in 1962, two sisters from the Children National Institute orphanage were adopted by a Danish woman. Almost 62 years later, the duo- Rani and Sushma returned home in India and reminisced their sweet childhood here.

Their childhood memories were refreshed when they reached the Children National Institute Orphanage on April 2, after 62 years. Recalling where they lived, both of them visited every corner of the campus in their two-day trip to their childhood abode. They were also accompanied to the market for shopping, and showered with enormous gifts.

The duo also went around on a tour of the philosophical places of the city. 'They were eagerly waiting to come to Prayagraj for years. Despite growing up there, this orphanage in Prayagraj holds a special place for them. They often spoke of the memories they created here but regretted the fact that they could not be back here in all these years.

However, in March, they planned to visit India. They travelled to Delhi from Denmark and then went straight to the Swaraj Bhawan complex and visited the Children's National Institute, where they had spent a great chunk of their childhood.

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"Mi s-au dat bani ca sa-mi schimb declaratiile"

De Redacția

luni, 13 ianuarie 2003, 00:00

Valentin Mocanu (18 ani) este unul dintre tinerii de care ar fi abuzat sexual francezul Michel Sounalet. Conform cercetarilor intreprinse de politisti si procurori, in perioada 2000 – 2001, acesta a intretinut mai multe raporturi sexuale orale cu Valentin Mocanu. Tinarul a povestit in fata anchetatorilor de mai multe ori cum se derulau aceste acte, iar declaratia sa a fost filmata de catre politisti. El si-a mentinut aceste declaratii pina cind a fost audiat de instanta, pe 25 noiembrie 2002. Atunci, absolut surprinzator, Valentin Mocanu si-a intors la 180 de grade declaratiile. In fata completului de judecata, tinarul a spus ca nu a intretinut relatii sexuale cu francezul, iar afirmatiile sale anterioare ar fi fost facute la sugestia unor "dusmani" ai lui Michel Sounalet. Alaturi de el si la fel de surprinzator, alti martori ai acuzarii – Ionut Lungu, Mihai Gabriel, Botoc Florin si Alexandru Serban – si-au schimbat declaratiile, tot in favoarea francezului.
"Ne-a dat pizza, suc si niste bani,"
Valentin Mocanu este internat acum intr-un centru de plasament din Pascani. El sta in aceeasi camera cu ceilalti patru tineri care sint cercetati de catre Parchet. Valentin Mocanu ne-a povestit ce l-a determinat sa-si schimbe in instanta declaratia data initial. "Eram la caminul din Tirgu-Frumos, si intr-o zi a venit o ziarista din Iasi si doi francezi. Ne-a luat, pe mine si pe Ionut, la restaurant si ne-a pus la masa", povesteste Valentin Mocanu. El nu-si mai aminteste data exacta cind s-a intimplat acest lucru, doar ca a fost intr-o simbata dinainte de a fi audiat de catre judecatori. "Ziarista a inceput sa ma intrebe de ce am zis despre Michel ce am zis, ca el ne-a ajutat atit de mult, si ca nu trebuia sa-i facem asa ceva. Mie mi s-a facut rusine, si i-am spus ca nu este adevarat ce am zis politistilor, ca nu am facut nimic cu Michel. Ne-a dat pizza, suc si niste bani, cred ca 50.000 de lei, pentru tigari", a mai spus Valentin Mocanu. Tinarul afirma ca nici ziarista, nici francezii nu i-au cerut explicit sa-si schimbe declaratia in instanta, ci doar i-au sugerat acest lucru. Practic, el isi da seama acum ca acestia i-au indus ideea ca Michel Sounalet este nevinovat si ca este victima unui complot. "S-a purtat frumos cu mine, si ziarista, si francezii. Mi-au promis ca ma ajuta sa ma mut la alt centru de plasament, numai sa spun ce le-am spus si lor cind voi fi intrebat de judecatori ce am facut cu Michel".
Va fi cercetata si ziarista?
Dupa ce tinerii si-au schimbat declaratiile, simtind ca pierd teren, procurorii au contraatacat. Prima miscare a Parchetului de pe linga Judecatoria Iasi a fost declansarea cercetarilor in ceea ce-i priveste pe cei cinci tineri. Ei sint cercetati pentru marturie mincinoasa, prin care ori au favorizat infractorul, ori au facut un denunt calomnios.
"Nu a fost inceputa urmarirea penala decit impotriva celor cinci tineri care si-a schimbat declaratiile. In masura in care cercetarile vor determina contributia cu caracter penal la modificarea declaratiilor acestora in instanta, vom promova actiunea penala si impotriva altor persoane", ne-a declarat prim procurorul Parchetului de pe linga Judecatoria Iasi, Daniel Ticau. Magistratul a mai spus ca, fiind o ancheta in curs de desfasurare, nu poate da relatii despre mersul cercetarilor. Valentin Mocanu va depune din nou marturie in instanta poimiine, iar de aceasta data afirma ca va spune adevarul.
Cine este ziarista de care vorbeste Valentin?
L-am intrebat pe Valentin Mocanu daca o cunoaste pe ziarista din Iasi cu care a discutat. "Nu stiu cum o cheama, dar am vazut-o de mai multe ori la Politie, la Parchet si la Tribunal. Tot timpul cind il aduce pe Michel la Tribunal este pe acolo", ne-a spus tinarul. El a descris-o ca fiind tinara, inalta si draguta, cu parul tuns scurt. "Daca as vedea-o, sigur as recunoaste-o", a spus Valentin Mocanu. In lipsa altor date clare, nu putem decit sa presupunem cine ar putea fi ziarista care s-a implicat in acest mod intr-o ancheta a procurorilor si pentru ce ar fi
facut-o. Putem totusi sa remarcam ca, pe tot parcursul anchetei si procesului lui Sounalet, un cotidian local a avut mereu o atitudine fatisa in favoarea francezului acuzat de pedofilie. (Radu BURLACU)

Campaigners 'implore' MSPs to help deliver measures to help those affected by historic forced adoption policies.

Women forced to give up their babies for adoption in Scotland say the words in an apology made last year ‘lose their worth every day’.

The group Movement for an Adoption Apology has written a letter to over 60 MSPs urging action over the “ongoing injustice” and to help people in the community searching for answers about their relatives.

It comes a year after former first minister Nicola Sturgeon delivered an official apology in the Scottish Parliament to those who have been affected by historic forced adoption policies.

It is estimated around 250,000 families in Scotland have been affected by the practice throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

• Steve Knibbs & Maisie Lillywhite
• Role,BBC West, Gloucestershire

22 March 2024

Abuse poisoned generations of a family after children's allegations and sexualised behaviour were not acted upon, a report has revealed.

The abuse began with Couple A in Gloucestershire, who specifically asked to adopt an "emotionally disturbed" child - so they could assault them.

The couple, eventually jailed in 2018, went on to adopt four siblings, beginning a cycle of sexual abuse that lasted for years.