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Site map: adoption
Corruption in international adoptions
Orphaned or Stolen?
The U.S. State Dept.
investigates adoption
from Nepal, 2006-2008
"Anatomy of an Adoption Crisis," ForeignPolicy.com, September 12, 2010
- Map: Geography of an Adoption Crisis
- Experts respond
to "Anatomy of an
Adoption Crisis"
- Primary sources: U.S. government documents, 2007-2008 (obtained via Freedom of Information Act)
- Startling quotes from released documents
- By province: References to adoption problems
- Denying an orphan visa: USCIS appeals
- Visa denied: The story of one family
- U.S.-VN Memorandum of Agreement, 2005
- U.S. Department of State: Vietnam adoption notices
- Licensed adoption agencies listed by province, 2006-2008
- Adoption agencies licensed to work in Vietnam, 2006-2008
"The Baby Business," Democracy Journal, Summer 2010
- "The Baby Business"
with footnotes - Experts respond
to "The Baby Business" - Policy proposals for
fairer international
adoption practice - Key documents:
Hague regulation - Specific regulation changes
- Cash required: Bad practice
"The Lie We Love," Foreign Policy magazine, Nov./Dec. 2008
- “Where do babies come from?”: country-by-country map of reported adoption irregularities
- "The Orphan Trade: A look at families affected by corrupt international adoptions," Slate.com,
May 8, 2009 - "The Adoption Underworld," The Washington Post,
Jan. 11, 2009- "The orphan manufacturing chain," The Washington Post, Jan. 11, 2009
- "Out of Cambodia," The Washington Post, Jan. 11, 2009
- Awards for "The Lie We Love"
Commentary:
- "Adopting new standards on adoption," "Comment is Free," Guardian.co.uk, Sept. 10, 2010.
- "Preventing Adoption Disasters," The Boston Globe, April 17, 2010.
- The New York Times "Room for Debate": "Haiti's Children and the Adoption Question," with commentary by E.J. Graff and other prominent experts, Feb. 1, 2010.
- "The Seamier Side of International Adoption,"
The New York Times Opinion Blog, May 10, 2009. - "The problem with saving the world's 'orphans'," The Boston Globe,
Dec. 11, 2008.
- “Where do babies come from?”: country-by-country map of reported adoption irregularities
- Map: Geography of an Adoption Crisis
- Experts respond to
"Anatomy of an Adoption Crisis"
- Experts respond
to "The Baby Business" - Reader responses
to "The Baby Business" - Reader responses to
"The Lie We Love" - The orphan myth:
Responses to criticisms
Country by country: adoption corruption reports from around the world:
- ALBANIA
- ARMENIA
- BELARUS
- CAMBODIA
- CAMEROON
- CHAD
- CHINA
- COLOMBIA
- CONGO
- EL SALVADOR
- ETHIOPIA
- GUATEMALA
- HAITI
- HONDURAS
- INDIA
- INDONESIA<
- KENYA
- KYRGYZSTAN
- LIBERIA
- MARSHALL ISLANDS
- MEXICO
- MOLDOVA
- MOZAMBIQUE
- NEPAL
- NIGERIA
- PARAGUAY
- PERU
- PHILIPPINES
- POLAND
- ROMANIA
- RUSSIA
- SAMOA
- SIERRA LEONE
- SWAZILAND
- UGANDA
- UKRAINE
- VIETNAM
Student Research Assistants' Contributions
Photos in collage above left:
Woman © Mee Lin Woon | SXC.hu
Child © Mee Lin Woon | SXC.hu
Photo above:
Paddy field © Rita Juliana | SXC.hu
NOTE: This page from the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism website offers documentation of and background about serious irregularities in international adoption. For the systemic analysis of corruption in international adoption, please read “The Lie We Love,” Foreign Policy magazine, Nov./Dec. 2008, and visit our webpages dedicated to international adoption. For ideas about fairer policy solutions, please read “The Baby Business,” Democracy Journal, Summer 2010.
News Reports of Adoption
Irregularities in Indonesia
“Govt Wants to Monitor Adopted RI Kids Living Abroad,” Abdul Khalik, March 6, 2006, The Jakarta Post.
“Couple Must Pay for Boy’s Future,” Ann O’Loughlin, February 24, 2006, The Independent.
“Painful Adoption Issues Still Remain,” Medb Ruane, February 24, 2006, TheIndependent.ie.
“From Orphanage to Home and Back, But Now Tristan is Where He Belongs,” Ann O’Loughlin, February 24, 2006, The Independent.
“Child Trafficking Still Going Strong in Aceh, Nias,” Apriadi Gunawan, December 19, 2005, The Jakarta Post.
“Adoption Row Roils Jakarta,” Simon Montlake, September 8, 2005, The Christian Science Monitor.
“Most Foreigners Adopt Children Illegally,” Abdul Khalik, August 5, 2005, The Jakarta Post.
“Three Arrested for Child Trafficking,” Abdul Khalik, August 2, 2005, The Jakarta Post.
“Aid Workers: Tsunami Child Exploitation Rare,” Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, July 16, 2005, FoxNews.
“Traffickers Threaten Aceh Orphans,” January 10, 2005, CNN.
“UN Confirms Tsunami Child Trafficking Case,” January 8, 2005, Reuters.
“Govt Bans Adoptions to Protect Orphans,” Eva C. Komandjaja, January 5, 2005, The Jakarta Post.
“Fears of Child Trafficking Grow,” Beth Gardiner, January 5, 2005, Associated Press.
“Government Toughens Adoption Regulations,” Muninggar Sri Saraswati, January 12, 2004, The Jakarta Post.
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