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India - Satheesh Kumar ("Rohit") case

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1999 Oct 1
India
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placement

Stichting Meiling, Malaysian Social Services (MSS)

institution

Dinesh Kumar (Ravindranath), PV Ravindranath, Vatsala wife of PV Ravindranath
Malaysian Social Services (MSS)



Sateesh Kumar (Rohit Shivam Bissesar) was kidnapped from his sleeping family in 1999, placed in Malaysian Social Services orphanage, and adopted by a family in the Netherlands in 2001. 

The boy was given the name “Rahul” by Dutch TV program Netwerk to keep his identity private.

child trafficking

Documents

Title Publication date
Kinderroof voor adoptie naar Nederland 2021 Jul 30
19 years on, no justice, no compensation: A TN mother's fight for her abducted son 2018 Oct 16
Dutch court rejects Chennai woman's plea for DNA test on boy 2010 Jun 18
Mother fights to meet son 11 years after his kidnap 2010 Jun 6
Ouders eisen via DNA-test kind ’terug’ 2010 Jun 5
A Chennai slum dweller's fight for her Dutch son 2010 May 28
Adoption is legalized child trafficking 2009 Dec 22
The Great Indian adoption racket across four continents 2008 Sep 1
Red tapism delays relief for parents 2008 Sep 1
Australia to return 'abducted' children? 2008 Aug 25
Strengthening supervision on adoption 2007 Nov 7
For export only? 2007 Jul 8
Adoption affair around Rahul no incident 2007 May 24
Possibly more illegal adoptions 2007 May 24
'Stolen boy' may be one of dozens 2007 May 23
India demands return of adopted child 2007 May 22
Dutch TV - press conference Dutch Minister of Justice 2007 May 1
Tamil Nadu is home to adoption rackets and child-labour gangs 2007 Feb 16
Chennai lady waits for kidnapped son 2006 Jun 30
The Big Racket of Small Babies 2005 Jun 12
Manager held in child kidnap racket 2005 May 29
Photo of Ravindranath family 2005 May 21
Behind the facade 2005 May 21
Parents trace kidnapped child to US 2005 May 6
child trafficking
India, Netherlands
Tamil Nadu

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