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Guatemala reanuda adopciones internacionales y cada niño será supervisado hasta por 2 años 2026 Jul 10
Costa Rica Adoption Review Deepens After Norway Final Report 2026 Jun 23
Norwegian report questions how Costa Rica declared children sent abroad for adoption as abandoned 2026 Jun 22
How transnational adoption facilitated the sale of children 2026 Jun 18
Sandra was re-adopted by her biological mother in Costa Rica – "I have gotten my daughter back!" 2026 Mar 7
UN experts alarmed by reports of historic illegal adoptions and alleged role of senior official in Guatemala 2026 Feb 16
Surrogacy shock: Las Vegas couple fights international surrogacy nightmare after DNA revelation 2026 Feb 13
Frida voksede op på børnehjem: 'Jeg ville ønske, jeg aldrig var blevet adopteret', Translated Text[Frida grew up in an orphanage: 'I wish I had never been adopted'] 2026 Jan 15
An 82-year-old Belgian woman who kidnapped at least 14 children from Guatemala appears in court: "I have no idea where or when I was born. Who am I?" 2025 Oct 30
Belgian key figure (83) in large-scale adoption fraud with stolen "orphans" will appear in court after all 2025 Oct 29
Social Workers Get things Done, Despite Overwhelming Challenges in Protecting Children 2025 Oct 28
Adoption from abroad was 'paused', but now there are 35 families in the queue again 2025 Oct 28
Adoption is the greatest gift a parent can give a child in need 2025 Oct 15
International adoptions to the U.S. have slowed to a trickle, matching trends in other countries 2025 Jul 25
El Salvador Children Demand the Right to Know Their Origins 2025 Jun 13
International Child Trafficking for Illegal Adoption: How SIJS and Brazilian Legislation Combat This Problem 2025 Jun 13
El Salvador Children Demand the Right to Know Their Origins - Havana Times 2025 Jun 13
Children in need of ‘rescuing’: challenging the myths at the heart of the global adoption industry 2025 May 8
Orphan Trafficking Erika Fraser and Erin Stern 2025 Feb
Quebec halts most international adoptions amid human trafficking concerns 2024 Dec 2
Save the Children offices raided in Guatemala 2024 Oct 8
Chile’s stolen children: a new effort offers hope to Pinochet-era international adoptees 2024 Jul 14
Guatemala apologizes to family torn apart by forced adoption 2024 Jul 13
Guatemala’s baby brokers: how thousands of children were stolen for adoption – podcast 2024 May 24
There is* still money available to search for biological parents – and then what? 2024 May 2
Trafficked war babies of El Salvador search for their long-lost families 2024 Apr 13
Children for Sale - When Guatemalan adoption became big business 2024 Apr
I was a stolen child, I am 46 years old and I want to recover my Guatemalan identity 2024 Feb 13
How software can digitally transform child adoption 2024 Jan 18
Guatemala’s baby brokers: how thousands of children were stolen for adoption 2024 Jan 4
"It is not a child on order" but also "child trafficking will continue to exist": divided opinions about adoption pause 2023 Dec 22
Swiss say thousands of children likely illegally adopted abroad 2023 Dec 8
Swiss authorities looked the other way for decades 2023 Dec 8
Sweden stops adoptions from Madagascar and Panama 2023 Nov 24
The double punishment of "stolen babies" in the face of justice 2023 Nov 12
Indications of Illegal Adoptions of Children from Ten Countries of Origin in Switzerland, 1970s to 1990s, Inventory of Documents in the Swiss Federal Archives 2023 Nov
Lahbib contacted ministers from India and Chile, among others, about illegal adoptions 2023 Sep 11
Kids in these orphanages aren't really orphans | Voice 2023 Aug 12
Jigsaw WA calls for adoption redress scheme for mothers, fathers and adoptees 2023 Aug 12
Andrea is adopted: - Just wanted to be Norwegian 2023 Jul 26
Illegally adopted children testify: “How could Belgium let this happen? » 2023 Jul 18
Man who was sold at age 6 for his organs the focus of new documentary 2023 May 3
Disappearance is “a wound that never heals” 2023 Mar 31
Eight women who have stood out in the history of writing in Guatemala 2023 Mar 7
LOOK. Belgian adopted woman finds her biological mother in Guatemala after 37 years, the reunion is touching 2023 Mar 2
"Children were basically ordered à la carte" 2023 Feb 28
For 32 years, Adriana's mother has been looking for her in Costa Rica 2023 Jan 16
President Biden signs private bill for Rebecca Trimble, military wife and mother government tried to deport 2022 Dec 27
Lies, love and deception: inside the cut-throat world of international adoption 2022 Dec 6
International adoptions: two brothers from Guatemala file a complaint in France for "kidnapping" 2022 Nov 23
Adoptions internationales : deux frères originaires du Guatemala portent plainte en France pour « enlèvement » 2022 Nov 23
'Split at the Root' author to explore race, adoption and identity at DHS library Nov. 17 2022 Nov 13
Reckoning With the Children “Disappeared” During El Salvador’s Civil War 2022 Oct 19
Yuen: Mom and son explore the complexities of international adoption 2022 Oct 15
Recommendations for* child welfare care reform in the global south: Perspectives of 542 adults who were separated from parental care during childhood in 12 nations 2022 Sep 22
Nelson M. of banned pedophile club Martijn arrested in Mexico with weapon and child porn 2022 Jun 7
The Council on General Affairs and Policy (#CGAP) has decided to include the @RPerdues Foundation on the list of observers for @ 2022 Mar 24
France: why are international adoptions in free fall? 2021 Dec 28
Senate Ratifies Pact That Seeks to Protect Children In International Adoptions 2021 Dec 23
“It is imperative to place rights and ethics at the center of the international adoption system” 2021 Dec 10
Summary by home state 2021 Dec 9
In Guatemala, the lives of adopted children stolen 2021 Dec 8
North Texas woman who played role in horrific abuse pleads guilty in adoption scam Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/ 2021 Nov 19
In 1992, Honduras suspended its international adoption program when it was uncovered that babies were kidnapped, taken to "fatte 2021 Nov 16
Examining International Adoption 2021 Nov 9
The New Question Haunting Adoption 2021 Oct 19
Stop au trafic d'enfants et aux adoptions illegales ! 2021 Sep 23
Woman sentenced to 18 years in prison for giving her daughter up for illegal adoption 2021 Sep 20
Meet the forensic expert who uses DNA tests to trace and return lost children to families around the world 2021 Jun 25
Baby Farming, A Victorian Horror Story 2021 May 28
Elise and Klaas adopted 5 children at once: 'Openness our strength' 2021 Apr 23
Elise and Klaas adopted 5 children at once: 'Openness our strength' 2021 Apr 23
Panama: Bill Bars Same-Sex Couples from Adoption 2021 Mar 9
Guatemala: children adopted from civil war join forces 2021 Feb 25
Guatemala: children adopted from civil war join forces 2021 Feb 25
THE ADOPTION: CARLOS IS LOOKING FOR HIS MOTHER 2020 Nov 17
Adoption Authority 'cannot lawfully refuse to register Mexican adoptions of two children' 2020 Oct 19
Adoption Authority 'cannot lawfully refuse to register Mexican adoptions of two children' 2020 Oct 19
Mexicali couple return adopted daughter to shelter 2020 May 8
Bébés volés au Guatemala : la maman de Coline réagit 2020 Feb 5
Devoir d'enquête Trafiquants d'âmes (Enquête sur des soupçons d'adoptions frauduleuses entre le Guatemala et la Belgique) 2020 Jan 8
"Trafiquants d'âmes" enquête sur des soupçons d'adoptions frauduleuses entre le Guatemala et la Belgique 2020 Jan 7
Des enfants adoptés en Belgique ont-ils été raflés au Guatemala ? 2020 Jan 3
Devoir d'enquête 2019 Dec 21
Former chair of Belgian non-profit organization to face trial for child abductions in Guatemala 2019 Oct 25
Fueron raptados y dados en adopción ilegalmente: la historia de dos hermanos guatemaltecos 2019 Oct 13
The story of Carlos Haas, a German looking for his biological mother in Guatemala 2019 Jul 25
Staffer’s search for birth mom reveals dark history of Guatemalan adoption 2019 Jul 9
Zodra met adopties geld te verdienen valt, loert fraude om de hoek 2019 May 18
Bernard Sintobin, CEO ad interim van Unicef België. 2019 May 13
Le directeur ad interim d'Unicef Belgique écarté après des accusations sur Twitter 2019 May 13
Unicef in verlegenheid gebracht na beschuldigingen Belgische directeur 2019 May 13
Na amper een week: Unicef-baas zet stap opzij na gerechtelijk onderzoek over kinderhandel 2019 May 12
Baas Unicef zet stap opzij wegens ‘kinderhandel’ 2019 May 12
Destined for Export The troubled legacy of Guatemalan adoptions 2019 Mar 16
Alarms about irregularities from the majority of major countries Sweden adopted from 2019 Feb 21
Vier nieuwe namen voor ‘Bargoens’ 2019 Feb 6
The reunion - Die Adoption, Teil 5 - Das Wiedersehen 2018 Apr 27
The trip - Die Adoption,Teil 4 - Die Reise 2018 Apr 26
Fwd: ISS USA 2017 Jun 4
Guatemala: US woman acquitted of human trafficking charges 2017 May 18
Petition to Aid U.S. Citizen Guatemala Adoption Advocate. Nancy Bailey, 2017 May 2
Fairy godmother or child trafficker? An American woman stands trial in Guatemala. 2017 Apr 26
Ex-official arrested in adoption scheme 2016 Sep 29
Ex-official arrested in adoption scheme 2016 Sep 29
Swiss couple told to give back adopted daughter 2016 Jul 4
NAS adopting from Nicaragua 2016 Jun 5
Nicaragua Media Reports Allege Irregularities in Nicaraguan Adoption Procedures 2016 May
Temporary Suspension of Villa Hope 2016 Feb 18
MO* heeft een nieuwe zakelijk leider 2015 Dec 15
?Mexico adoption-for-cash scheme took babies from mothers 2015 Aug 28
Dos funcionarios vendían niños en Sonora desde 2012, confirma el procurador 2015 Aug 27
Incredible story Edmond Mulet and children he exported 2015 Feb 26
Head of UN Occupation Force in Haiti, Edmond Mulet, Ran Child Trafficking Network in Guatemala 2015 Feb 24
Diplomat should be removed from UN over inquiry 2015 Feb 20
American arrested on illegal adoption, human trafficking charges in Guatemala 2014 Dec 18
The Limits of Jurisdiction 2014 Dec 1
Brussels woman finds mother after being kidnapped 30 years ago 2014 Aug 7
Judge Who Facilitated Guatemala Illegal Adoptions Finally Removed 2014 Aug 5
Detienen en Guatemala a mujer que vendió niña a una familia belga en 1984 2014 Aug 4
"Vermisst": Mutter und Tochter sind endlich vereint 2014 Jan 27
Hundreds of parents are still searching for their missing children in Guatemala 2014 Jan 22
48 Hours Investigation Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story 2014 Jan 20
CBS: Perilous Journey 2014 Jan 18
International adoption: Saving orphans or child trafficking? 2013 Sep 16
Misguided Saviors: An Analysis of International Adoption Issues and Necessary Considerations for Prospective Adoptive Parents 2013 Sep 1
Court upholds decision to remand Susana Luarca Saracho in custody 2013 May 20
Sale of children, great business getting out of hand 2013 May 13
Family takes case over refusal to recognise daughter’s adoption 2013 Apr 26
Irish Adoption Authority 'refuses to recognise' Mexican children adopted by Irish parents 2013 Apr 25
A Market for Children: Adoption Fraud in Guatemala 2013 Mar 28
Great business that corrupts authorities; Find Foundation estimates there are 500,000 missing 2012 Dec 16
Mexico Authorities Unravel Child Trafficking Ring 2012 Sep 27
Special Advisor for Children’s Issues Travels to Guatemala 2012 Jul 1
Frenan adopciones hasta que se integre el pleno del Consejo de Familia 2012 Jun 22
Journeys of the Heart ADOPTION SCANDAL in Marshall Islands 2012 Jun 1
Guatemala mom seeks Mo. court help to get girl 2012 May 16
Mexico Adoption Bust Reveals Vast Child Trafficking Ring 2012 Feb 29
Mexico Adoption Bust Reveals Vast Child Trafficking Ring 2012 Feb 29
Mexican adoptions not affected 2012 Jan 30
Message for U.S. Citizens – Barring of Two U.S. Adoption Agencies by IHNFA (January 30, 2012) 2012 Jan 30
Fitzgerald challenged on adoptions 2012 Jan 27
Guatemalan court sentences 2 women for trafficking baby adopted by US family 2011 Oct 25
In a tiny town just outside Joplin, a landmark adoption case tests the limits of inalienable human rights 2011 Oct 20
Court orders El Salvador to investigate children's disappearances 2011 Oct 10
US caught up in legal battle over Guatemalan child 2011 Aug 30
Die verschwundenen Kinder von El Salvador 2011 Aug 29
Amid Allegations of Human Trafficking, Guatemala to Review Adoptions 2011 Aug 24
Guatemala: Another Major Case of Impunity 2011 Aug 13
Mo. couple seeks to protect adopted daughter 2011 Aug 12
Adoption dispute stretches from Guatemala to Liberty 2011 Aug 7
Guatemala mother searched 5 years for adopted girl 2011 Aug 6
Adoptieouders wonen verplicht half jaar in buitenland 2011 Jul 29
Salvadoran group dogged in search for children missing years ago in civil war 2011 Jul 24
Couples sue adoption agency for "bait, switch" scheme 2011 Jun 15
BREAKING NEWS: Adoption Attorney Susana Luarca in Custody 2011 May 6
CICIG requests explanation from US Senator Landrieu regarding illegal adoption comments in Guatemala 2011 Apr 29
Human traffickers sell children to paedophiles (Germany, Haiti) 2011 Apr 15
Investigating alleged illegal adoption of tapatías children 2011 Mar 31
ORDENAN PRISIÓN A SINDICADO EN CASO DE ADOPCIONES ILEGALES 2011 Mar 29
Marine, Adopted From Belize At Birth Seeks His Biological Parents 2011 Mar 4
CICIG is the complainant in the case of illegal adoptions 2011 Feb 10
Missouri high court sides with immigrant in adoption appeal 2011 Jan 25
Report on Players Involved in the Illegal Adoption Process in Guatemala 2010 Dec 1
They Stole My Baby 2010 Nov 16
Adoption case attracts attention of immigration, advocacy groups 2010 Nov 3
Speech Susan Jacobs - US State Dep Briefing on International Adoption-Related Issues 2010 Nov 1
Filming of Wrongfully Detained, Depicting International Adoption Crisis, Begins in Guatemala 2010 Aug 17
Immigrant sues over lost custody of child in Miss. 2010 Aug 12
Guatemala: Frustrated, Chief of Corruption Panel Resigns 2010 Jun 9
UN leader tasked with Guatemala crime woes resigns 2010 Jun 7
The Baby Business 2010 Jun
Guatemala orders DNA tests prior to all adoptions 2010 May 25
Adoption struggle: One woman's emotional road 2010 May 20
Foreign Adoptions Are Back – Along with the Doubts 2010 May 10
Congressional Briefing : MISSON ACCOMPLISHED! 2010 May 7
Woman linked with illegal adoptions is deported from the U.S. 2010 Apr 22
'I'm scared to be just dropped off at the border' 2010 Apr 20
Red tape chokes adoption 2010 Apr 12
Russian Ministry of Education and Science releases new list of homestudy agencies with missing postplacement reports 2010 Apr 10
Cape Girardeau woman opens Guatemalan orphanage 2009 Dec 11
Guatemala pushes for DNA tests of kids adopted in U.S. 2009 Dec 8
When adoption failed, woman set up orphanage 2009 Dec
Guatemala reopening international adoptions 2009 Nov 20
Guatemala ends 2-year adoption suspension, establishes reforms to stop theft, sale of babies 2009 Nov 20
Briefing by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Michele Bond on National Adoption Day 2009 Nov 20
Justitie onderzoekt illegale adopties 2009 Nov 19
Adoption Of Little Girl Takes Nearly 4 Years 2009 Nov 17
Mother's search for baby exposes clinic kidnap ring 2009 Nov 6
Doctors, five others held in Mexican stolen babies case 2009 Nov 6
Guatemala Confronts One of its Largest Businesses: Adoptions 2009 Nov 1
Wikileaks - Norma Cruz - Guatemala 2009 Oct 30
Guatemalan army stole children for adoption, report says 2009 Sep 12
Guatemalan soldiers sold children in war - gov't 2009 Sep 10
US lawmakers urge easier Guatemalan adoptions 2009 Sep 2
Child-trafficking ring smashed: media 2009 Aug 9
Criminal Investigation Bureau busts smugglers 2009 Aug 9
US residents charged with kidnapping Mexican baby 2009 Jul 21
People & Power - Stolen Babies - 24 June 09 2009 Jun 24
Convention-specific Technical Assistance Programmes 2009 Jan 1
Intercountry Adoption Reform Based on the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption: An Update on Guatemala in 2008 2008 Nov 29
Dutch Adoption Story 2008 Apr 19
Parents facing criminal charges want their troubled adopted teen from Panama back 2008 Mar 31
Faked papers hinder Guatemala adoptions 2008 Mar 10
GUATEMALA PASSES ADOPTION LAW, POTENTIALLY ENDING NOTORIOUS INTERNATIONAL CHILD-TRAFFICKING RACKET. 2007 Dec 13
"Babyexporteure" Guatemala und Haiti 2007 Dec 3
Banana Republic to Baby Republic - Guatemala could shut down its massive adoption industry 2007 Nov 5
Congressional letter to Oscar Berger Perdomo about Casa Quivira 2007 Sep 7
Al Jazeera, JCICS, and adoption (part 1) 2007 Sep 1
Al Jazeera, JCICS, and adoption (part 2) 2007 Sep 1
Adoptions From Guatemala Face an Uncertain Future 2007 May 17
California Couple Arrested After Trying To Illegally Adopted A Baby In Mexico 2007 Feb 12
For Negroponte, Move to State Dept. Is a Homecoming 2007 Jan 29
The Deadly Trade of Child Organ Trafficking 2007 Jan 20
Focus on Adoption Implores Department of State to Implement Solutions For Children and Prevent Country Shutdown. 2007
Salvadoran war orphan finds closure through DNA results and family reunion 2006 Dec 21
Subject: Attention to families adopting from Guatemala 2006 Nov 26
Joint Council on International Children's Services is pleased to announce the JCICS International Relations Initiative. 2006 Sep 26
GUATEMALAN ADOPTION MILLS CONTINUE TO CHURN OUT CHILDREN FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKET AS LEGISLATION STALLS. 2006 May 26
Trafficking in children in Guatemala 2005 Jul 7
EP Resolution on the trafficking in children in Guatemala 2005 Jul 5
Child trafficking in Guatemala European Parliament resolution on child trafficking in Guatemala 2004 Mar 12
Guatemala--February, 2003 2003 Aug 17
A Place to Call Home 2002 Jul 15
Uitspraak 200103332/1 2002 Apr 17
politics: Fighting child trafficking: The twins Oleg and Zhenya cost $23,000 2000 Mar 8
Resolution on the illegal trafficking of babies coming from Guatemala 1999 Apr 14
The roads of baby trafficking 1999 Feb 26
Te koop: Guatemalteekse baby voor 150 gulden Adoptiebaby's uit Guatemala 1998 Dec 29
Illegal adoptions: Guatemala case study 1998 Oct 27
Report on the In-house Capacity Building Workshop on Intercountry Adoption, ICDC, Florence, Italy, 14-17. September, 1998 1998 Sep
CoE - Abuses of Intercountry Adoption (Cantwell) 1998 Jul 2
First countries ratifying Hague Adoption Convention (article Van Loon) 1995 Jan 1
Psst! Babies for Sale! 1991 Oct 21
Psst! Babies for Sale! 1991 Oct 21
Road to Foreign Adoptions Gets Rockier 1990 Feb 28
Stoffelen Report on Trade in Children (CoE) - Doc 5777 1987 Jan 1
Salvadoraanse kinderen ontvoert voor adoptie 1985 Dec 18
A question of interests : Inter-country Adoption 1983 Oct 1
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The History of Holt International
Understanding Illegal Intercountry Adoptions

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