Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) - child trafficking case
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public
1998 Jan 1
placement
Aspengrove Referral Service of Clark Fork, Idaho
Wasatch International Adoption, Adoption Choices of Oklahoma, Legacy International Adoptions, Southern Adoptions, TLC Adoption, LDS Family Services (intercountry agency), Hearts and Homes for Children, Noah's Ark, Pacific Children Adoption Agency
facilitation
Chart from research by Robi & MatsumuraParents in Marshall Islands, not understanding what adoption means in the West, were coerced or tricked into relinquishing children. In RMI, adoptions are informal affairs within a family. RMI informal adoptions do not sever the link between the child and the bio parents, but rather create a link between the caregiving family and the bio family.
Documents
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| US must work to prevent child laundering in overseas countries [Opinion] | 2009 Apr 8 |
| Another adoption agency in hot water | 2007 Nov 16 |
| Watching for red flags | 2007 Jun 18 |
| Utah adoption probe widens | 2007 Jun 11 |
| Babies Betrayed | 2004 Mar 7 |
| Marshall baby market blocked | 2004 Jan 26 |
| Isle adoption pipeline deceiving, critics say | 2003 Nov 30 |
| Bridging the wide 'culture gap' | 2003 Nov 3 |
| The Baby Brokers; A duel for a daughter agonizes two families | 2003 Nov 3 |
| The adopted sisters' dark tale | 2003 Nov 3 |
| A birth mother alleges coercion | 2003 Nov 3 |
| Island adoption market delivers pain and profit | 2003 Nov 2 |
| Playing on mothers' hopes - Lure: Surrounded by poverty, many Marshallese women grasp at recruiters' promises... | 2003 Nov 2 |
| 'At least they have a chance' | 2003 Nov 2 |
| If I Give You My Child, Aren’t We Family? [Roby & Matsumura] | 2002 Jun 1 |
| ADOPTION AND AGENCY: American Adoptions of Marshallese Children [Walsh] | 1999 Oct 22 |