Democratic Republic of Congo February 7, 2013 Notice: Changes at Embassy Kinshasa for adoption-related immigrant visa processing Due to the increase in the volume of intercountry adoptions from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by U.S. citizen families, U.S. Embassy Kinshasa announces several changes to its procedures for adoption related immigrant visa processing. On January 31, 2013, Embassy Kinshasa …
Category: Corrupt Practices
Media Report: Kyrgyzstan Anti-Corruption Agency Announces Findings on Foreign Adoption
The 24kg News Agency is reporting findings of the Anti-Corruption Service under the State Committee for National Security (GKNB)in Kygryzstan. These findings allege the following corrupt practices with respect to the payments of bribes to officials in the Ministry in association with intercountry adoption: 1. Payment by foreign adoption agency of $15,000 – $20,000 in bribes to secure accreditation.2. Payment …
Book Review: Finding Fernanda
by David Kruchkow Board Member of Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform Where can I start a review of Erin Siegal’s Finding Fernanda? I know Erin Siegal as an online friend and someone who came to me for advice on this book. Why me? Perhaps it is because I made my story public more than a dozen years ago as one …
Nepal & India — Dal Bahadur Phadera & the suppressed UNICEF report
Dal Bahadur Phadera & the suppressed UNICEF report UNICEF Nepal’s suppressed Humla report is now available on the web. The reason UNICEF Nepal suppressed (i.e., never published) their 2005 report is unclear. Nor is it clear why trafficked Nepali children were left at the Michael Job Centre, Tamil Nadu, for over six years. UNICEF FWLD Displacement of Children From Humla …
Nepal — Paper Orphans documentary posted on the web
Nepal — Paper Orphans documentary posted on the web: Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B5QiFFxAu4 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0adJdVBPvtoPart 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsUWaToRWuQPart 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Fyy3UY_U0 It would be useful if the FBI and Interpol took a good look at the Western organizations that worked with these homes. Some background to the TDH/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans. The Terre des hommes/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans was a …
Nepal: Children for sale (Al Jazeera)
Nepal: Children for sale (Al Jazeera) With weak law enforcement, can foreigners adopting children from Nepal be sure that they are really orphans? Video: http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/101east/2011/09/2011920125119853524.html Orphaned, abandoned or trafficked? That is the question facing foreigners who wish to adopt Nepali children. International adoption services have provided a lucrative business to poverty-stricken Nepal. But in 2007, Nepal stopped adoptions for two …
Media Focuses Attention on China Adoptions
The effects of China’s scandals and in intercountry adoption are now being felt by the families and children adopted from China as they attempt to come to grips with unanswerable questions of identity and corruption. The New York Time’s ran an article September 16th quoting PEAR board member, Karen Moline. Karen will also appear on MSNBC today at 12:30 to …
Media: Government Plans Fresh Changes In Armenian Child Adoption Rules
A leading Armenian media outlet has reported continued corruption in Armenian adoption and has fingered two US adoption Agencies, Hopscotch and Adopt Abroad as participating in corrupt practices. The information came from a governmental report released on intercountry adoption in Armenia. Government Plans Fresh Changes In Armenian Child Adoption Rules:The Armenian government is planning to make fresh and potentially far-reaching …