Samoa - Fa'anunu and Tafiau Faiupu's 3 children: Lasi Fa'anunu, Motumotu and Fa’afetaitasi case

Incident date: 2003 Jan 1

Country: Samoa

number of children involved: 3

Persons: Karen Banks, Scott Banks

Organizations: Focus on Children

Persons: Dan Wakefield, Sapati

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A translator explained Western adoption to the devout LDS parents, "It's something like a mission."
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Parent topics: child trafficking

Title	Publication date
Ruling attacked	2009 Feb 28
Samoan Adoptions: Faiupu Family	2009 Jan 1
Trusting dad gives kids away; Son promises to return	2007 Jun 17

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