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Abuse cases

Title Date
Children adopted by Jean-Pierre O. and Anne-Marie O. 2009 Mar 1
Children adopted by couple in Haute-Loire, France 2008 Jun 6
Girl adopted by a couple of Jurbise, Beligum 2007 May 30
Kahina adopted by French parents 2007 Nov 15
Two girls adopted in Fosses-la-Ville, Belgium 2007 Sep 14
Girl adopted by Eva Maria Hofer 2006 Jul 1
Andrea Swenson 1990 Nov 9

Child trafficking cases

Title Date
Peru - Céline Giraud - "Rayon de soleil" case. 2010 Aug 14
India - Malaysian Social Services case 2008 Aug 23
Philippines / Singapore - Irene Low Ai Lian case 2008 Dec 15
Vietnam - Nam Dinh province case 2008 Jul 1
Mali - "Rayon de Soleil" case 2007 Nov 1
Peru - Arndt Hubert Kupper and his wife Eva Noruzka la Torre case 2006 Feb 18
Vietnam - My Linh Soland aka My-Linh Duong Soland case 2006 Jul 11
Central African Republic - Oscar and Marlène - "Rayon de Soleil" case 2005 Aug 4
Ethiopia - Eskedar Tsegaye 2004 Apr 30
Ethiopia - Eyob Mesfin Gebremichael 2004 Apr 30
India - Satheesh Kumar ("Rohit") case 1999 Oct 1
Vietnam - Vu Tien Manh case 1998 Jan 1
India - misc Child trafficking cases 1995 Jan 1
Vietnam - An Giang Province - Le Quoc Binh case 1995 Jan 1
Brazil - Judge Luiz Beethoven Giffoni Ferreira case 1992 Jan 1
Cambodia - misc trafficking articles case 1990 Jan 1
El Salvador - Michael Kennedy (Jose Oliva) and his 3 sisters case 1981 Jan 1
Brazil - misc trafficking cases 1980 Jan 1
Peru - misc child trafficking cases 1980 Jan 1
El Salvador - Children stolen during Civil War case 1979 Jan 1
Guatemala - more trafficking articles and stolen children cases 1979 Jan 1

Deportation cases

Title Date
Rudi Richardson (Udo Ackermann) 2009 Oct 13
Mary Anne Gehris 2001 Feb 10

Disrupted placement cases

Title Date
Jade Poeteray 2007 Dec 10

Wrongful removal cases

Title Date
Matthew and Katie Dean 2007 Aug 1

Documents

Title Publication date
Catholic Church put up 30,000 children for adoption without mothers' consent 2023 Dec 14
Committee on Enforced Disappearances Marks First Anniversary of the Joint Statement on Illegal Intercountry Adoptions 2023 Sep 20
When her mother came to see her, Holt lied and said she’d already been adopted 2023 May 17
Adoptie binnenkort weer mogelijk, maar verdienmodel blijft, vindt geadopteerde Sam: 'Kan alleen sprookje zijn met waterdicht systeem' 2022 Nov 2
Born in Odisha and brought up in Belgium, she meets family members after long 30 years 2022 Jul 8
Justitie onderzoekt ook adoptieprocedure overleden, Hongaars meisje 2021 Jun 21
Vragen over adoptie van omgekomen, Hongaars meisje 2021 Jun 4
Justitie onderzoekt in stilte de dood van geadopteerd, Hongaars meisje 2021 Jun 4
International Adoptions in Europe Under Scrutiny 2021 Mar 2
Buitenlandse adoptie moet tijdelijk stoppen volgens rapport, maar adoptie-klokkenluider Roelie Post wil permanente stop 2021 Feb 5
936 kinderen naar hier gehaald en níemand weet of dat correct verliep 2019 Apr 29
19 years on, no justice, no compensation: A TN mother's fight for her abducted son 2018 Oct 16
Dutch govt mulls ban on international child adoption amid trafficking fears 2017 Jan 23
Germany-based adopted woman’s search for her mother ends in Pune 2016 Jun 6
Switzerland's shame: The children used as cheap farm labour 2014 Oct 31
Countering new forms of Roma children trafficking: Participatory approach 2013 Oct 3
Rising overseas adoptions -- for black American children 2013 Sep 16
Austrian commission reports rampant child abuse in former city-run home 2013 Jun 12
German Claudia Gerstner in search of her biological mother in Mangalore 2013 Jun 10
13 on trial for child trafficking in Algeria 2013 May 27
French families press Mali to scrap ban on foreign adoption 2013 Apr 10
Ethiopian girl had her adoption revoked 2013 Feb 14
Ethiopian Adoptee Wins Legal Case to Revoke Adoption 2013 Feb 11
Ethiopian Adoptee Wins Legal Case to Revoke Adoption 2013 Feb 11
Dutch adoption annulment case: LJN: BW5204, Rechtbank Zutphen , 125746 FA RK 11/2138 2012 May 9
Dutch adoption annulment case: LJN: BW5040, Rechtbank Haarlem , 179845 / FA RK 11-988 2012 May 3
Dutch adoption annulment case: LJN: BT8475, Rechtbank 's-Gravenhage , 397095/ FA RK 11-4810 2011 Oct 5
’Ze verwachtten hun dochter weer terug’ 2011 Jan 8
Abuse victims declare solidarity with child-orphanage-victims in Germany 2010 Dec 12
International Adoption: Two Way Street 2010 Nov 1
Dutch adoption annulment case: LJN: BQ6551, Rechtbank Alkmaar , 122127 / FA RK 10-748 2010 Oct 20
The legacy of forced adoptions 2010 Aug 22
Dutch teens arrive for reunion with family 2010 Aug 19
It happens only in India: An adoption record in five lines 2010 Aug 10
Bombay high court registry gets a week to trace adoption papers 2010 Aug 3
In search of roots, Dutch woman smells a 'racket' 2010 Jun 17
Enfants maliens adoptés en France : Nous avons retrouvé les jumeaux Guindo 2010 Jun 8
Ouders eisen via DNA-test kind ’terug’ 2010 Jun 5
A Chennai slum dweller's fight for her Dutch son 2010 May 28
Foster parents arrested for child abuse 2010 Mar 30
Exportgut Kind 2010 Mar 14
Dutch Catholic church orders child sex abuse inquiry 2010 Mar 10
Dutch Catholic Church faces child sex abuse scandal 2010 Feb 26
Germany suspends adoptions from Nepal 2010 Feb 10
Haiti's orphan adoption debate 2010 Jan 21
Dutch Government allows new 'Babylift'operation to get children for adoption from Haiti 2010 Jan 15
Orphanage survivors confront German leadership 2010 Jan 12
Kinder als Exportschlager 2010 Jan 10
Het draait om geld, geld, geld 2009 Dec 22
Dictator's wife defiant over forced adoptions 2009 Nov 10
Two arrested in Vietnam for baby trafficking: report 2009 Nov 9
Out-of-wedlock births show huge east-west German divide 2009 Oct 23
France's lost children fight back 2009 Oct 17
Response of Minister of Justice related to adoption motions 2009 Oct 5
Mother reunited with daughter 38 years after she was stolen by the Stasi in former East Germany 2009 Oct 2
German couple granted adoption of Namibian Child 2009 Sep 24
Adoption boss says ministry puts trade before children 2009 Aug 19
Parliamentary Question Dutch Parlement 2009 May 11
Netherlands limits adoptions of US children 2009 Apr 22
Netherlands limits adoptions of US children 2009 Apr 22
Les autorités cambodgiennes ont réagi à l'article consacré à la Position française sur l'adoption internationale. 2009 Apr 21
The European view of child social care: Less procedure, more affection 2009 Apr 21
Older Children Find Homes in Germany 2009 Apr 20
Fernsehteam recherchiert im Fall des rumänischen Kindes 2009 Apr 16
Doe-het-zelf-adoptie steeds populairder 2009 Apr 14
OM België wil adoptieouders baby Donna vervolgen 2009 Apr 2
Antrag auf Erleichterung von Adoptionen Minderjähriger (26.03.2009) 2009 Mar 26
RE: Äthiopien Adoptionsprobleme 2009 Mar 26
Agent verdacht van mensenroof Azië 2009 Mar 21
Cambodge (20.03.09) 2009 Mar 20
Human Experimentation: Before the Nazi Era and After 2009 Mar 13
Retour Amsterdam-Libanon 2009 Mar 10
'Boche babies' trace German roots 2009 Mar 4
An almost incredible story (messy ukraine- germany adoption) 2009 Feb 28
Salomons oordeel over de kleine Yosi 2009 Feb 19
Adoptions from Kazakhstan to the Netherlands 2009 Feb 15
Cambodia to ban foreign gays from adopting children 2009 Feb 13
Adoption restrictions to rule out single, gay foreign applicants 2009 Feb 13
This sign reform Does the return of the Quai d'Orsay in the heart of policy adoption? 2009 Feb 13
'Kopers illegale baby's ook hard aanpakken' 2009 Feb 12
Politicos involved in child racket? 2009 Feb 11
France and Cambodia to discuss new adoptions 2009 Feb 10
In the sight of the Prosecutor: Adoption Association insolvent 2009 Feb 1
Rechtswidrig ein Baby vermittelt 2009 Jan 29
Money for children 2009 Jan 19
Nederlandse pleegouders niet vervolgbaar in zaak baby Donna 2009 Jan 16
Stolen by the Nazis: The tragic tale of 12,000 blue-eyed blond children taken by the SS to create an Aryan super-race 2009 Jan 9
‘Why we gave Emmanuel away’ - Nigeria 2009 Jan 4
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD 2009 Jan
Dutch couple seek adoption of Czech Romany child in vain 2008 Dec 30
Belgian 'internet baby' sent 2008 Dec 23
Eine neue Familie für uns Waisenkinder 2008 Dec 20
Tsjernobylkinderen mogen toch naar Nederland 2008 Dec 19
Streep door vakantie Tsjernobyl-kids 2008 Dec 14
Voorstel - Proposal 2008 Dec 12
Kosten buitenlandse adopties lopen sterk uiteen 2008 Dec 5
Gentse moeder belooft zelfde kind aan drie paren 2008 Dec 4
Le parquet de Gand a confirmé l'ouverture d'une enquête sur une mère porteuse 2008 Dec 4
Opgepakte draagmoeder riskeert vijf jaar cel 2008 Dec 4
Blog Familie De Boer - United States 2008 Dec 1
Dutch court says Internet baby to be taken into care 2008 Nov 28
Dutch court to hear case of alleged illegal adoption of Belgian baby 2008 Nov 26
vendre son enfant n'est pas interdit par la loi belge 2008 Nov 26
Kinderbescherming brengt zaak Jayden voor rechter 2008 Nov 26
Echtpaar kocht Belgische baby Jayden 2008 Nov 26
Kinderbescherming neemt les 'baby Donna' ter harte 2008 Nov 26
Le couple gantois qui a vendu son bébé veut le récupérer 2008 Nov 26
Stellen mogen adoptie niet langer zelf regelen 2008 Nov 17
Abandoned Korean girl finds home in Hong Kong 2008 Oct 20
Arche Zoé: le Tchad demande 6,3 millions d'euros à la France 2008 Oct 17
Türke bekommt Sorgerecht für seinen Sohn 2008 Oct 13
Kamercommissie versoepelt adoptiewet 2008 Oct 8
AOO - letter to Commission Kalsbeek 2008 Sep 16
’Opa gaf het kind stiekem weg’ 2008 Sep 14
Boycot is doodsteek voor adoptie 2008 Sep 11
Report Dutch Ministry of Justice on Chinese Adoptions 2008 Sep 10
Rwanda: Parents demand for their illegally adopted children 2008 Sep 9
Verdachte illegale adoptie op vrije voeten 2008 Sep 3
In search of the stolen children 2008 Aug 30
'Maybe now, we will get justice' 2008 Aug 30
'Stolen' kids traced to Dutch orphanage 2008 Aug 28
'Maybe now, we will get justice' 2008 Aug 28
President blokkeert vakanties Tsjernobyl-kinderen 2008 Aug 27
Paare suchen ihr Traumkind im Ausland 2008 Aug 26
Couples sent stolen children by Indian adoption agency 2008 Aug 23
China Center of Adoption Affairs Talked with Officials from Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 2008 Aug 14
Indian Adoption scam leads again to the Netherlands 2008 Aug 8
Ein Ehepaar und 34 Kinder 2008 Aug 8
Humanitaire, magouilles et pédophilie : Kouchner & Sounalet 2008 Aug 7
Couple accused of taking Kenyan baby 2008 Aug 7
Adoptiebemiddelaars verbeteren kwaliteit 2008 Jul 16
Dutch adoption annulment case: LJN: BN6040, Rechtbank 's-Hertogenbosch , FA RK 08-971 2008 Jul 10
Rechten en Belangen van Adoptieouders Prevaleren 2008 May 30
Rapport Commissie Kalsbeek 2008 May 28
Dutch couple re-arrested in alleged Sri Lankan illegal adoption 2008 May 27
Parents post baby on eBay for 1 euro 2008 May 24
Zeewoldse geheel in de ban van Oegandese baby 2008 May 20
CBI goes after foster parents in child racket 2008 May 14
Adoptie loopt uit op drama 2008 May 13
adoptie / Woede over gebrekkige nazorg 2008 May 13
‘Adopties behandeld door amateurs’ 2008 May 13
'Uitspraak baby Donna is totaal verkeerd signaal' 2008 May 8
Baby Donna blijft in Nederland 2008 May 7
US Embassy Meeting on Intercountry Adoption 2008 Apr 29
US Embassy Meeting on Intercountry Adoption 2008 Apr 29
Kamerstuk Nederlands beleid ten aanzien van wezen en kwetsbare kinderen 2008 Apr
Letter Dutch Minister of Justice - Dutch Parliament 2008 Mar 14
Chinese adoptions again in the news 2008 Mar 11
Adoption mit Hindernissen 2008 Feb 21
Letter of French adopters to President of Haiti 2008 Feb 12
SUMMER MIRACLES EXPANDS TO GERMANY 2008 Feb 1
The case of the adopted baby 2008 Jan 20
The chosen ones: The war children born to Nazi fathers in a sinister eugenics scheme speak out 2008 Jan 20
Italian, Dutch police bust Nigerian drug, prostitution ring 2008 Jan 15
Nigerian traffickers arrested 2008 Jan 15
Take a closer look. It's a chimp, dude 2008 Jan 15
Italian Police Smash Nigerian Drug Gangs 2008 Jan 15
Adoption agency in child kidnap probe 2008 Jan 9
Johan and Inge - presentation letter 2008
ANALYSIS: Dutch-Korean adopted child affair raises questions 2007 Dec 14
Dutch diplomat accused of abandoning adopted child says she suffers rare disease 2007 Dec 13
Dutch diplomat says family treatment of adopted daughter is misrepresented 2007 Dec 13
Couple gives up girl, 7, adopted here as a baby 2007 Dec 10
Adoption en Suisse: la théorie et la pratique 2007 Nov 17
Mali - Sur la Trace des Enfants Perdus en France 2007 Nov 11
Mali - L’ONG française "Rayon Soleil" au cœur du scandale 2007 Nov 8
Sur les traces des enfants maliens disparus en France (III) : L’ONG française « Rayon Soleil » au cœur du scandale 2007 Nov 8
Dutch tightens foreign adoption rules after probes 2007 Nov 7
«Les enfants volés ont l'impression d'être de vulgaires marchandises» 2007 Nov 3
Letters Dutch Ministry of Justice conc HUNAN SCANDAL 2007 Nov 1
Adoption : Sur les traces d'enfants maliens portés disparus en France 2007 Nov 1
Blog: Mali - Adoption : Sur les traces d'enfants maliens portés disparus en France 2007 Nov 1
Pauline zoekt haar moeder 2007 Oct 23
Fake Adoption Papers 2007 Oct 22
Mme Boudault nous écrit a propos de l'adoption d'enfants maliens : S’il y a un coupable, c’est bien Rayon de Soleil France * 2007 Oct 12
Bangladesh: Mijn adoptie 2007 Oct 7
Mali - Sur les traces des enfants maliens disparus en France 2007 Oct 5
«Les enfants volés ont l'impression d'être de vulgaires marchandises» 2007 Oct 3
FFTA's first adoption 2007 Aug 14
Dutch nab alleged child smugglers 2007 Jul 27
Les jumelles Cissé adoptées en France : nous avons approché les dossiers 2007 Jul 27
Baby’s te koop 2007 Jul 2
Twee vaders voor adoptief kind onwenselijk 2007 Jun 27
Het prijskaartje van een adoptiekind 2007 Jun 26
Adoption affair around Rahul no incident 2007 May 24
India demands return of adopted child 2007 May 22
Dutch TV - press conference Dutch Minister of Justice 2007 May 1
Living hell of Norway's 'Nazi' children 2007 Mar 8
Malawi: Adoption agreement Kondanani - Kind en Toekomst 2007 Mar 1
Question MP Albayrak to Minister of Justice 2007 Feb 8
Kamervraag Vietnam 2007 Feb 8
Lesotho Blog: Adoptie Khahlisol 2007 Jan 27
Excerpt from the section of Adoption 2007
Blood Money: international adoptions 2006 Nov 11
BRUSSELS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON ISSUE OF EUROPEAN ADOPTION 'TO OVERCOME THE FREEZE of Eastern countries 2006 Nov 11
Renault's children 2006 Nov 11
Exports of Romanian children continues (Economy) 2006 Nov 7
Half a century of adoption history in the Netherlands 2006 Oct 31
Interpol search for Romanian children adopted abroad 2006 Sep 29
Prosecutor takes to money in international adoptions 2006 Aug 16
Romania - 31 children disappeared abroad 2006 Jul 27
Adoption fraud 2006 Jul 5
How the new Fagins are bringing child slavery to Britain 2006 Jun 3
Germany's war children scramble to find their GI fathers 2006 Mar 26
Private adoption US - The story so far.... 2006 Mar 14
Teen's murder shocks Peru and stirs memories of past baby-trafficking scandals 2006 Mar 11
Mission Report Dutch Ministry of Justice - Hunan 2006 Jan 1
When we meet to part no more 2006 Jan 1
Madagascar tries to clean up corrupt adoption 2005 Dec 21
Perfekte Eltern für das Kind - und nicht umgekehrt 2005 Nov 26
Adoptii Internationale Cu Substituire De Copii. 2005 Oct 20
Adoption: les ratages du contrôle 2005 Aug 5
Un couple et deux gamins en plein tourment 2005 Aug 5
Million Dollar Baby 2005 Jul 7
Straf voor illegale adoptie uit Turkije 2005 Jun 22
Nazi past haunts 'Aryan' children 2005 Jun 13
The Big Racket of Small Babies 2005 Jun 12
De Ségou à Paris, les jumelles Cissé ont-elles été vendues ? 2005 May 18
After Americans, the French ask for resumption of international adoptions 2005 Apr 27
Saved From False HIV Diagnosis 2005 Feb 27
Gezocht: Info over biologische ouders - Semarang Indonesie 2005 Feb 17
Adoptie Kindertehuis Semarang (Java Indonesia) in 1975 2005 Feb 6
Ambtsbericht Nepal 2005 2005
Adoptivkinder als Handelsware 2004 Dec 16
" ADOPTION : LES DESSOUS D'UN TRAFFIC. " 2004 Sep 13
Trafficking of babies : also in Portugal and Italy 2004 Aug 2
Voorstel Decreet 2004 Mar 22
Baron illegal adoptions 2004 Mar 20
Evaluation Adoption Law 2004
Kamerstukken 2003 Sep 17
Opschorting adoptie Cambodja 2003 May 22
Kamerstukken 2003 Feb 21
Child and Future (Kind en Toekomst) in Sri Lanka 2003 Feb 1
Adoptions Romania 2002 Nov 19
Kamerstukken 2002 Oct 31
Germany - Guatemala 2002 Oct 30
Ministry of Justice temporarily suspends adoptions by adoption agency Flash 2002 Sep 27
Ein Kind aus der Ferne 2002 Jun 3
Report Inspection Child Protection Netherlands - In het Belang van het Kind 2002 Jan 1
ZEMBLA - documentary adoption 2002 Jan 1
Adoptie door twee vaders: normaal zal het nooit zijn 2001 Nov 13
Nachschub aus dem Waisenhaus / Adoptionsvermittlung im Zwielicht 2001 Nov 13
Les 11.000 mailles - “Academia Catavencu” 2001 Jul 18
Auslandsadoption oder Kinderhandel in Rumänien? 2001 Jan 1
Pour une ethique de l'adoption internationale 2001 Jan 1
Romanian orphans provokes storm in Parliament 2000 Apr 7
Stolen child 'OK to stay in Queensland' 1998 Nov 11
Netherlands - Bangladesh Development Aid 1972-1996 1997 Jan 1
Adoptions: Saving lives or selling young souls? 1996 Jun 28
Foreign adoptions feared out of control 1996 Jun 28
Handelingen van de openbare commissievergaderingen - COMMISSIE VOOR DE BUITENLANDSE AANGELEGENHEDEN 1996 Feb 6
Handelingen van de openbare commissievergaderingen 1996 Feb 1
All I ever did was arrange adoptions for mothers who would otherwise 1995 Apr 4
Babies for Export 1994 Aug 22
TOUCHING THE UNTOUCHABLES' / A Bay Area group's work in a Romainian hospital 1991 Aug 4
Adoption d'enfants roumains 1990 Apr 12
ROMANIAN ORPHANS FINALLY ARRIVE HOME NEW LEADERSHIP LETS ADOPTIONS GO THROUGH 1990 Jan 7
Romanian kids freed for Western adoptions 1990 Jan 7
Adoption of Romanian children 1989 Dec 28
Organ trafficking,Personlichkeitsrechte,Klnderhandel & criminal organ harvesting particularly among children in the Third World 1989 Feb 15
Brazil: Baby Bomber 1988 Jul 11
10 000 Dollar für ein Baby aus Kolumbien 1982 Jul 12
10 000 dollars for a baby from Colombia 1982 Jul 12
Priest collecting Belgian orphans for homes in America 1916 May 12
War orphans for adoption 1916 Jan 30
300 war refugees of Belgium here 1915 Dec 9
Can't adopt little Belgians 1915 Feb 9
Bring war orphans here 1914 Nov 7
Baby taken from 'unfit parents'
Bruin zonder zon Diane Broeckhoven Verhaal Roots reis (Bangladesh)
Girl placed with foster family three weeks after being adopted
Adoption: A business worth millions for German-Nepalese partnership
Money plays too big a role in adoption
Illegal Adoption now legalised by Dutch Ministry ?
Bangladesh - war babies (1971)
Swiss television documentary of the stolen-Rumänsiches child video is from 2000
Can an Adopted Child Be Returned?
Illegal adoptions: investigation into Hamburg-based organization
Poor babies
"Oleg is finally with us', Raadsdlid Jürgen Vanpraet take leave for adopted son
Fear of colorful children?

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