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Abuse cases

Title Date
Felicity and Barrett Kreb 2021 Oct 30
Kaileigh, Lia, Bo and Meigan Collier 2018 Oct 15
Olivia Atkocaitis 2018 Sep 5
Girl adopted by Keith and Katie Krause 2018 Sep
Two girls adopted by Mary Heller 2017 Jan
Adam Snyder 2016 Sep 1
Asunta Yong Fang Basterra Porto 2013 Sep 27
Children adopted by Matthew and Melissa Dumont 2013 Jul 10
Girl adopted by Lian 2013 Mar 6
Girl adopted by Zhuzhou couple 2013 Dec 10
Joseph Maoping Adams 2012 Feb 10
Sophie Fitzpatrick 2011 Oct 22
4 girls adopted by Yang 2010 Sep 17
Adam Stein 2010 Mar 19
Kairissa XingJing Mark 2010 Jul 1
10 children adopted by Sharon and Reed Leonard 2009 Sep 1
Girl adopted by Eddy and Donna Whisenhunt 2009 May 14
Lai Liyun 2009 Dec 8
Chan Yin-tung (Fu Najuan) 2008 Oct 13
Hannah Rose WenRong Sieferman and Linnea Kai Sieferman 2008 Aug 21
Lavender Banks 2008 May 2
Girl adopted by Steven Lynn Mouton 2006 Jan 1
Emma Mei Alvey (Mei Fu Ping) 2005 Oct 19
Girl adopted by Anna T Rufo 2005 May 18
Kaitlyn Brosch 2005 Oct 28
18 Children in care of Tom and Debra Schmitz 2004 Jun 30
Girl adopted by Stephen L and Kathryn A Truex 2004 Jan 13
Mia Depaillat 2004 Apr 16
21 Girls adopted by John and Marian DiMaria 2003 Feb 1
Ellana Lin 2003 Nov 2
Esther Scudder 2002 Jun 13
Jessica Li McClure 1993 Aug 17
Meghan Hawkins-Rusch 1992 Sep 25

Child trafficking cases

Title Date
China - Family Planning in Longhui County Hunan Province case 2011 May 10
China - Family Planning in Gaoping county Hunan Province case 2010 Jun 25
China - Family Planning in Zhenyuan county Guizhou province case 2009 Jul 1
Vietnamese and Cambodian infants trafficked to China case 2008 May 22
China - Hunan Child trafficking case 2005 Nov 17
China - misc trafficking articles 1999 Jan 1
China - Chen Qifu case 1995 Jan 1

Deportation cases

Title Date
Various non-USA adoptee citizenship and deportation articles 2002 Jan 27

Disrupted placement cases

Title Date
Nora Gateley 2001 Jan 1
Emily Fuqui Svenningsen and Eric Svenningsen 1997 Jan 1

Documents

Title Publication date
Not Feeling “American Enough”: The Mental Impact of Cross-Cultural Adoption 2023 May 15
Chinese police rescue 37 babies in trafficking bust 2015 Jan 14
Open Secret: Cash and Coercion in China's International Adoption Program 2014 Oct 7
China Sees Decreased International Adoptions 2013 Oct 28
Child Abduction in China Feeds The Adoption Industry 2013 Oct 10
Chinese police rescue 92 abducted children in crackdown on human trafficking 2013 Sep 28
China adoption agency furious over 'child exchange' report 2013 Sep 25
A Chinese girl is moved to Tennessee, and ‘hell’ begins 2013 Sep 11
Adopted girl says mother forced her to dig her own grave 2013 Sep 9
Doc detained over baby trafficking in 'male child' obsessed China 2013 Aug 10
Multimillionaire widow ordered to give portion of $250m estate to adopted Chinese daughter she gave up after ten years 2013 Feb 15
Chinese family planning official caught trafficking in children 2013 Jan 4
In China, parents desperately search for missing kids 2012 Oct 1
Chinese police break up child trafficking ring 2012 Jun 2
HOCKEY-GAME BANTER LEADS TO ADOPTION 2012 Mar 10
China to ban names that signal 'orphan' status 2012 Feb 11
Boy, 5, dies from ingesting vinegar; case ruled a homicide 2012 Feb 10
Foreign adoptions by Americans plunge again 2011 Nov 11
For Adoptive Parents, Questions Without Answers 2011 Sep 16
China invites children adopted to US to return to their roots 2011 Aug 23
Families hold out hope for the return of stolen babies 2011 Aug 6
Babies just another commodity 2011 Jun 18
Adoption 'donations' encourage crime 2011 Jun 10
Chinese Children Born Outside One-Child Policy Trafficked Abroad 2011 Jun 1
CHILDREN ON SALE 2011 May 26
China’s one-child policy boosts child confiscation for overseas adoption 2011 May 12
China probes child trafficking, adoption link 2011 May 10
UN must condemn China 'one child' policy: lawmaker 2011 Mar 7
Supply and Demand: The Landscape 2010 Nov 1
The life of Guelph’s Jim Garrow: He’s garnered wide interest, praise and criticism for his Pink Pagoda child rescue operation 2010 Aug 28
China To Change Adoption Policies After Tenn. Case 2010 Aug 3
Anhui orphanage boss jailed for human trafficking 2010 Jul 14
As Profitable as the Drug Trade 2010 May 21
The dark side of Chinese adoptions 2010 May 5
Chinese Child Traffickers Detained 2010 Mar 28
A family in China made babies their business 2010 Jan 24
Abducted children rescued in Guanxi 2010 Jan 13
The sky falls in on China? 2010 Jan 8
Chinese border town emerges as new front line in fight against human trafficking 2009 Dec 26
The search for China's stolen children 2009 Dec 25
Police hunt parents of trafficked babies 2009 Dec 12
Briefing by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Michele Bond on National Adoption Day 2009 Nov 20
Councils 'lost' 145 child asylum seekers last year 2009 Nov 18
Trafficking reports raise heart-wrenching questions for adoptive parents 2009 Nov 11
Chinese officials try to find parents of 60 lost children 2009 Oct 29
Alleged child trafficking ring smashed in China 2009 Oct 25
Canada queries China on child abduction claims 2009 Oct 18
Faith moves families to adopt children from overseas 2009 Oct 11
Stolen babies a new industry in China's villages 2009 Oct 10
Lid lifts on the anguish of China's stolen generation 2009 Sep 26
China’s adoption system worries Canadian mom 2009 Sep 25
Some Chinese parents say their babies were stolen for adoption 2009 Sep 19
Child trafficking on the rise in 7 Asian countries 2009 Sep 1
Adoption boss says ministry puts trade before children 2009 Aug 19
Ina Hut on adoption from China 2009 Aug 18
New TB policy could disrupt overseas adoptions 2009 Aug 11
Adoption scandal sheds light on orphanages' struggle 2009 Jul 14
Adoption scandal sheds light on orphanages' struggle 2009 Jul 14
China Welfare Home Seizes Babies to Put Up For Adoption 2009 Jul 4
Orphanage-scandal probe starts 2009 Jul 4
Orphanage investigated, officials punished over baby adoption scandal in SW China 2009 Jul 3
Kids taken in adoption scam 2009 Jul 2
China babies 'sold for adoption' 2009 Jul 2
18 people detained in child trafficking cases 2009 Jun 23
China police rescue trafficked children 2009 Jun 21
Kidnappers swoop on China’s girls 2009 May 31
China Vows Action on Trafficking 2009 May 21
China sets up DNA database for child trafficking 2009 May 1
Child trafficking in Britain up by 50%, says study 2009 Apr 25
Chinese Hunger for Sons Fuels Boys’ Abductions 2009 Apr 5
A desperation for sons ... even someone else's CHINA: Age-old gender biases feed 2009 Apr 5
High-flying diplomat's China girl 2009 Mar 29
Report uncovers child trafficking 2009 Mar 18
International adoptions by Americans get really tough 2009 Mar 15
Rules are changing; programs are closing. 2009 Mar 1
Shenyang Children's Welfare Institute to 200,000 Americans orphan trafficking, Shenyang Children's Welfare Institute of traffick 2009 Feb 25
Sex trade, forced labor top U.N. human trafficking list 2009 Feb 16
U.S. urges Russia to sign adoption treaty 2009 Jan 11
Human trafficking global problem 2009 Jan 10
Hoosiers face challenges adopting abroad 2008 Dec 26
CHINA SPEEDS UP ADOPTION PROCESS 2008 Dec 22
The problem with saving the world's 'orphans' 2008 Dec 11
Sold into adoption 2008 Oct 25
Parents found selling kids’ identity to trafficking ring 2008 Oct 9
China's ‘quake orphans' remain in extended families' tight embrace 2008 Sep 14
Chinese Adoption Scams 2008 Jun 5
Overseas Officials To See International Adoption’s Success 2008 May 15
China's Lost Children 2008 May 12
6 Vietnamese suspected of trying to sell babies arrested 2008 May 7
Wellsville couple retain custody of toddler 2008 May 1
U.S.: Adoption fraud rife in Vietnam 2008 Apr 25
Vietnam gang 'smuggled 30 babies' 2008 Apr 9
Adopties uit China 2008 Mar 11
Couple involved in adoption scandal win guardianship of girl 2008 Feb 15
Graham B. Field 2007 Dec 10
Chinese police detain two suspects over trafficking Vietnamese babies 2007 Nov 29
Child Maltreatment, Child Abuse Fatalities Among Internationally Adopted Children 2007 Nov 1
Tangled adoption suit heads to trial 2007 Oct 30
Orphanage probed over baby charges claim 2006 Apr 19
Stealing Babies for Adoption 2006 Mar 12
Post from Attach China Yahoo Group 2005 Dec 14
Hunan orphanages sells babies, says report 2005 Nov 24
Orphanages accused in baby-trading scandal 2005 Nov 11
Trafficker gets death for selling 44 children 2005 Aug 9
Chinese Baby Traffickers Shift Focus to Girls 2005 Aug 4
Couple adopted girl from China, named her after new hometown 2005 Feb 17
Woman Indicted In Baby Death 2004 Oct 19
China halts baby trafficking ring 2004 Jul 13
Woman accused of child torture 2004 Jun 21
Investigation Report 2003 Feb 26
The Gates-funded Peony Project is nurturing China's forgotten blossoms 2002 Jun 16
Tam Nga-yin: Adoptions Snared in Bitter Tug of War 2002 Jan 27
China's Baby Traffickers 2001 Jan 8
Dozens of Chinese children reportedly kidnapped, sold 2000 Jan 15
CHINA'S BABY MARKET IS LOOPHOLE IN 'ONE-CHILD' POLICY 1999 Apr 14
International Adoptions: A New Route For Gays 1998 Jan 1
Buy a baby, save a life 1996 Jan 10
Family: In foreign adoption, the rules and risks are changing faster than ever 1994 Nov 21
Geneva woman draws jail term for daughter's death 1994 Jan 20
THE GRAY MARKET OF CHILDREN OF THE THIRD WORLD 1991 Jan 1
China shuts down reports about baby trafficking
China's stolen children
PEAR Ethics Alert - China Special Needs Programs
International adoption China: Financial news
Girl placed with foster family three weeks after being adopted
China shedding adoption stigma, may tighten rules
Thank Deng Xiaoping for Little Girls
Two couples fight for right to claim child as their own
The "Hunan 6" orphanages
Money plays too big a role in adoption
The "3 Implicated orphanages"