#NotYourRescueProject: How a white middle-class academic masqueraded as the women he trafficked and pimped

Julie Bindel reveals that the “sex worker led” hashtag campaign #NotYourRescueProject was actually created Dr John Davies, masquerading as one of the women he pimped and trafficked.

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Whitt, Lester E Date: Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:07 AM Subject: RE: investigation in Ethiopia To: Charissa Urban Dear Charissa, Thank you for your e-mail inquiry, and we would like you to know that we share your concerns about adoption issues in Ethiopia. We have had the chance to review the videos that were presented on the YouTube page. These are the same videos submitted by Sue Hedberg at Celebrate Children International. We have had a chance to review these videos and to review the documentation submitted by the local government entities that accompanied these relinquishments. Two US Embassy Fraud Prevention Assistants watched these videos with the consular officer. We were not able to find any irregularities in either video. Although someone unfamiliar with the adoption process may see these videos as unusual, in fact many adoption agencies in Ethiopia interview the birth parents – on video – as a way to verify the parent’s understanding of the adoption process as well as create a record for the adoptive child to view someday. Perhaps CCI could have used a more professional videographer and a prepared script to prepare the prospective adoptive parents for the shock that this process may cause, thus preventing the level of discomfort that you are feeling. However, we saw no misconduct or irregularities in these videos. The parents who relinquished these children had done so even before the children had been referred to your family. Since then, it appears that your family has sent several friends, as well as media representatives, with the apparent goal of discovering if the families had been coerced into relinquishing these children. From what we understand, the parents have told these people the same story that you can see on the video, that they did indeed mean to relinquish their children. They have told the same story to four different sets of people and each time the story remains the same, that the families legally relinquished their children and the children were placed in an orphanage and referred to the Urban family. The relinquishments are legal, according to the laws of the country of Ethiopia. If you have any additional information that you would like to be reviewed, please feel free to send it. However, please be aware that since visa's are not pending on the children in question, and our preliminary inquiry did not show any criminal fraud/intent, this case will have a lower priority than others. Sincerely, Lester Whitt Special Agent Lester Whitt American Embassy Addis Ababa Assistant Regional Security Officer - Investigator Mobile: 0911-51-17-53 WhittLE@State.Gov

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A woman in the city was cheated of ₹7,500 on the promise of adopting a baby.

Radha (name changed) was shown a video by her sister, where with a payment of ₹12,500, a baby could be adopted from a hospital. Radha had emailed the organisation, mentioning the video regarding the adoption. They contacted her through a fake email of the Child Welfare Board, asking her to pay the amount and collect the baby at the Government Children Hospital in Egmore between 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Ms. Radha paid ₹7,500 of the total amount, but could not pay the rest due to network issues. “I visited the hospital to verify if the adoption was authentic. My husband and I have been trying to have a child for 14 years. We even approached the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) in the State, but due to the elaborate process and long wait time, we did not go through with it,” she said.

According to sources in the hospital, this is the first time such a scam was done online. “We spoke to the victim. She was not aware of the scam,” said a doctor from the hospital. The authorities have registered a complaint with the police.

Speaking on the incident, an official from the Child Welfare Committee said that this is recurring scams. “There is a need to create awareness on adoption among the public. Parents can adopt children only through the CARA and the State Adoption Resource Agency,” he added.

When everything else had been tried and failed, my wife said, "Why don't we adopt?" This began a complicated process full of bureaucratic hurdles and years of waiting that continues to this day.

Once, I thought, now's the time. That was about a year ago, on January 26, 2023, to be exact. There was an email in my inbox from Ms. Barth, an employee of the adoption agency Eltern-Kind-Brücke. I went over to my wife's study and said, "We have news from Thailand!" She asked, "Good news?"

Hard to say.

Ms. Barth wrote, "Thailand has given us some information on the current situation. Do you have a spare moment for a phone call in the next few days?"