US DOS Pakistan adoption page

Recently, the Government of Pakistan in cooperation with the United States Embassy in Islamabad discovered a criminal trafficking group involved in selling children for intercountry adoptions to the United States.  This investigation is currently pending and criminal charges are being filed in Pakistan.  As a result, United States citizens considering adopting children from Pakistan should exercise extreme caution and are advised to fully research any adoption agency or facilitator they plan to use.  It should be noted that the Pakistan Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking Ordinance of 2002 includes certain activities relating to adoption in or out of Pakistan as part of the definition of human trafficking.

(entire page captured 8/4/2010 shown below as pdf)