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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:
From left: Red Square
© Matthijs Mejan | SXC.hu
Girl © Beniamen Pop | SXC.hu
Photo above: © Ugur Can | 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 Russia
“Russia-US Adoption Agreement to Come into Effect by Year end- Ministry,” July 21, 2010, Ria Novosti.
"U.S. urges Russia to sign adoption treaty," Freeman Klopott, January 12, 2009, Washington Examiner.
“Russian Attitudes Colder Toward Foreign Adoptions,” Anne Garrels, December 17, 2008, NPR.
“Lawmakers set to toughen human trafficking law,” March 27, 2008, BBC Worldwide Monitoring.
“US Agencies Investigated for Forgeries in Russian Adoptions,” November 16, 2007, Fleas Biting Blog.
“Working on Overhaul, Russia Halts Adoption Applications,” Lynette Clemetson, April 12, 2007, The New York Times.
"Officials call for tougher foreign adoption rules," Claire Bigg, July 26, 2005, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
“Babies-for-sale trade faces a global crackdown,” Carolyn Wheeler, November 21, 2004, The Observer.
“Adoptions stalled: reform or red tape?” Fred Weir, June 16, 2000, Christian Science Monitor.
“Russia’s Abused Children Suffering Grim Neglect,” David Filipov, January 2, 1999, The Boston Globe. (Requires subscription.)
“Mothers Fight Baby-Snatchers,” E Monaghan, April 24, 1995, Herald Sun.
“Russians torn over adoption of orphans,” Olivia Ward, November 22, 1992, Toronto Star
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