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Abuse cases

Title Date
Felicity and Barrett Kreb 2021 Oct 30
Girl adopted by couple from Hwaseong (South Korea) 2021 May
Kaileigh, Lia, Bo and Meigan Collier 2018 Oct 15
Olivia Atkocaitis 2018 Sep 5
Girl adopted by Keith and Katie Krause 2018 Sep
Two girls adopted by Mary Heller 2017 Jan
Adam Snyder 2016 Sep 1
Madoc Hyunsu O'Callaghan 2014 Feb 3
Asunta Yong Fang Basterra Porto 2013 Sep 27
Children adopted by Matthew and Melissa Dumont 2013 Jul 10
Girl adopted by Lian 2013 Mar 6
Girl adopted by Zhuzhou couple 2013 Dec 10
Benjamin Yhip 2012 Apr 18
Joseph Maoping Adams 2012 Feb 10
Sophie Fitzpatrick 2011 Oct 22
4 girls adopted by Yang 2010 Sep 17
Adam Stein 2010 Mar 19
Kairissa XingJing Mark 2010 Jul 1
10 children adopted by Sharon and Reed Leonard 2009 Sep 1
Boy adopted by Tai-Ling Gigliotti 2009 Feb 11
Girl adopted by Eddy and Donna Whisenhunt 2009 May 14
Lai Liyun 2009 Dec 8
Chan Yin-tung (Fu Najuan) 2008 Oct 13
Ethan, Seth, Mira, Eleanor Sueppel 2008 Mar 23
Girl adopted by Chan Man-yum 2008 Oct 17
Hannah Rose WenRong Sieferman and Linnea Kai Sieferman 2008 Aug 21
Lavender Banks 2008 May 2
Hei Min Chung (aka Chaeli Kyrie) 2007 Sep 4
Girl adopted by Steven Lynn Mouton 2006 Jan 1
Emma Mei Alvey (Mei Fu Ping) 2005 Oct 19
Girl adopted by Anna T Rufo 2005 May 18
Kaitlyn Brosch 2005 Oct 28
Ryuya Yoshimura 2005 Dec 9
Swarbrick siblings 2005 Jan 1
18 Children in care of Tom and Debra Schmitz 2004 Jun 30
Girl adopted by Stephen L and Kathryn A Truex 2004 Jan 13
Mia Depaillat 2004 Apr 16
21 Girls adopted by John and Marian DiMaria 2003 Feb 1
Ellana Lin 2003 Nov 2
Esther Scudder 2002 Jun 13
Casey "C.J." Elgie 2000 Aug 30
Crosby Justin White 1996 Jul 16
Holly and Nicole (O'Connor) Cooke 1994 Sep 27
Jessica Li McClure 1993 Aug 17
Meghan Hawkins-Rusch 1992 Sep 25
76+ Children adopted by Diane and Dennis Nason 1991 May 1
Kayla Erlandson 1991 Apr 1
Kimberly Rae Weaver 1991 Feb 14
James Clemons and Michael Clemons 1988 Oct 30
Girl adopted by Ted and Merrily Ripley 1984 Jan 1
Danielle Christine Neal and unnamed Neal child 1976 Aug 30
Hee Ja Byun (or Hee Ja Byan) aka Lisa 1974 Jun 1
Kim Marie Firth 1972 Sep 15
Wendy Kay Ott 1957 Jun 1

Child trafficking cases

Title Date
China - Family Planning in Longhui County Hunan Province case 2011 May 10
China - Family Planning in Gaoping county Hunan Province case 2010 Jun 25
China - Family Planning in Zhenyuan county Guizhou province case 2009 Jul 1
Vietnamese and Cambodian infants trafficked to China case 2008 May 22
China - Hunan Child trafficking case 2005 Nov 17
China - misc trafficking articles 1999 Jan 1
China - Chen Qifu case 1995 Jan 1
Taiwan - misc trafficking cases 1989 Jan 1
Korea - misc child trafficking cases 1971 Jan 1

Deportation cases

Title Date
Adam Crapser 2015 Apr 1
Man named Kim 2012 Aug 3
Russel David Green (Lim Sang Keum) 2012 Oct 30
Seo, mother of 3 2011 Jan 20
Tim Yee aka Jungbo Mo 2011 Nov 22
Alejandro Ebron 2005 Sep 13
Dan Heiskala 2004 Feb 19
Aaron Billings 2003
Various non-USA adoptee citizenship and deportation articles 2002 Jan 27

Disrupted placement cases

Title Date
Jade Poeteray 2007 Dec 10
Nora Gateley 2001 Jan 1
Emily Fuqui Svenningsen and Eric Svenningsen 1997 Jan 1
Hee Ja Byun (Lisa) 1962 Dec 29

Documents

Title Publication date
‘Korea is hiding our past’: the adoptees searching for their families – and the truth 2023 Sep 28
Committee on Enforced Disappearances Marks First Anniversary of the Joint Statement on Illegal Intercountry Adoptions 2023 Sep 20
South Korea’s dark past as West’s ‘baby farm’ laid bare by adopted ‘children for sale’ who grew up far from home 2023 Sep 16
Major adoption agency fined over Korean man’s ‘abusive’ adoption 2023 May 17
When her mother came to see her, Holt lied and said she’d already been adopted 2023 May 17
Major adoption agency fined over Korean man’s ‘abusive’ adoption 2023 May 17
Not Feeling “American Enough”: The Mental Impact of Cross-Cultural Adoption 2023 May 15
Lies, love and deception: inside the cut-throat world of international adoption 2022 Dec 6
Nearly 300 adoptees demand South Korea probe their international adoptions 2022 Sep 13
South Korea's former governments responsible for Brothers Home atrocities 2022 Aug 24
Surviving South Korea's house of horrors 2021 Dec 22
Secrets of South Korea’s house of horrors hidden in Australia 2021 Dec 10
‘Sorry Jeong-in’: how K-pop stars and a Twitter campaign are forcing a rethink of South Korea’s ‘profit-driven’ adoption services 2021 Feb 13
South Korea gripped by trial of 16-month-old Jeong-in's alleged killer 2021 Jan 21
A baby's death casts shadow on South Korea's adoption industry 2021 Jan 17
Amid corruption revelations, Koreans adopted overseas demand justice 2019 Nov 24
Abusive South Korean Facility Exported Children 2019 Nov 9
Abusive S. Korean facility exported children 2019 Nov 9
Adoptee deported by U.S. to sue South Korea, adoption agency 2019 Jan 23
Why a Generation of Adoptees Is Returning to South Korea 2015 Jan 14
Chinese police rescue 37 babies in trafficking bust 2015 Jan 14
Open Secret: Cash and Coercion in China's International Adoption Program 2014 Oct 7
China Sees Decreased International Adoptions 2013 Oct 28
Child Abduction in China Feeds The Adoption Industry 2013 Oct 10
Change in Korean Adoption Law Followed by More Abandoned Babies 2013 Oct 7
Chinese police rescue 92 abducted children in crackdown on human trafficking 2013 Sep 28
China adoption agency furious over 'child exchange' report 2013 Sep 25
A Chinese girl is moved to Tennessee, and ‘hell’ begins 2013 Sep 11
Adopted girl says mother forced her to dig her own grave 2013 Sep 9
Hospitals plan organization to arrange adoptions 2013 Sep 8
Doc detained over baby trafficking in 'male child' obsessed China 2013 Aug 10
Korea joins Hague child adoption pact 2013 May 25
Notice: Taiwan implements a Pre-Adoption Immigration Review requirement for all adoptions by U.S. citizens of children residing 2013 Feb 27
Multimillionaire widow ordered to give portion of $250m estate to adopted Chinese daughter she gave up after ten years 2013 Feb 15
Notice: Korea Begins Implementing Special Adoption Act 2013 Jan 25
[Opinion] Adoption must be legal, and serve the interests of children 2013 Jan 23
Evanston couple battling 2 countries over adoption 2013 Jan 13
Chinese family planning official caught trafficking in children 2013 Jan 4
Secrets and lies in the histories of overseas babies 2012 Nov 26
Dark side of inter-racial adoption surfaces with arrivals of grown-up adoptees 2012 Oct 10
South Korea "Baby box" pastor says new law brings more babies 2012 Oct 7
In China, parents desperately search for missing kids 2012 Oct 1
Baby Scooping "Stateless" Children 2012 Sep 21
Korean-Australian woman finds she was falsely adopted 2012 Sep 18
Chinese police break up child trafficking ring 2012 Jun 2
Adoption law revision draws fire 2012 Mar 18
HOCKEY-GAME BANTER LEADS TO ADOPTION 2012 Mar 10
China to ban names that signal 'orphan' status 2012 Feb 11
Boy, 5, dies from ingesting vinegar; case ruled a homicide 2012 Feb 10
Foreign adoptions by Americans plunge again 2011 Nov 11
For Adoptive Parents, Questions Without Answers 2011 Sep 16
China invites children adopted to US to return to their roots 2011 Aug 23
Families hold out hope for the return of stolen babies 2011 Aug 6
Babies just another commodity 2011 Jun 18
Adoption 'donations' encourage crime 2011 Jun 10
Chinese Children Born Outside One-Child Policy Trafficked Abroad 2011 Jun 1
CHILDREN ON SALE 2011 May 26
China’s one-child policy boosts child confiscation for overseas adoption 2011 May 12
China probes child trafficking, adoption link 2011 May 10
Jill Callison: Filling gap left by adoption 2011 Apr 12
UN must condemn China 'one child' policy: lawmaker 2011 Mar 7
Organization Helps Korea’s Single Moms 2011 Feb 11
Supply and Demand: The Landscape 2010 Nov 1
The life of Guelph’s Jim Garrow: He’s garnered wide interest, praise and criticism for his Pink Pagoda child rescue operation 2010 Aug 28
China To Change Adoption Policies After Tenn. Case 2010 Aug 3
Korea's Lost Children 2010 Jul 16
Anhui orphanage boss jailed for human trafficking 2010 Jul 14
As Profitable as the Drug Trade 2010 May 21
The dark side of Chinese adoptions 2010 May 5
Chinese Child Traffickers Detained 2010 Mar 28
A family in China made babies their business 2010 Jan 24
Abducted children rescued in Guanxi 2010 Jan 13
The sky falls in on China? 2010 Jan 8
Rethinking Consent to Adoption 2009 Dec 31
Chinese border town emerges as new front line in fight against human trafficking 2009 Dec 26
The search for China's stolen children 2009 Dec 25
Police hunt parents of trafficked babies 2009 Dec 12
Briefing by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Michele Bond on National Adoption Day 2009 Nov 20
Councils 'lost' 145 child asylum seekers last year 2009 Nov 18
A fight to change adoption law 2009 Nov 13
Trafficking reports raise heart-wrenching questions for adoptive parents 2009 Nov 11
A generation fights to reform adoption laws 2009 Nov 10
Chinese officials try to find parents of 60 lost children 2009 Oct 29
Alleged child trafficking ring smashed in China 2009 Oct 25
Canada queries China on child abduction claims 2009 Oct 18
Faith moves families to adopt children from overseas 2009 Oct 11
Stolen babies a new industry in China's villages 2009 Oct 10
Group Resists Korean Stigma for Unwed Mothers 2009 Oct 7
Lid lifts on the anguish of China's stolen generation 2009 Sep 26
China’s adoption system worries Canadian mom 2009 Sep 25
Some Chinese parents say their babies were stolen for adoption 2009 Sep 19
Child trafficking on the rise in 7 Asian countries 2009 Sep 1
Another country, not my own 2009 Aug 23
Adoption boss says ministry puts trade before children 2009 Aug 19
Ina Hut on adoption from China 2009 Aug 18
New TB policy could disrupt overseas adoptions 2009 Aug 11
South Korea’s central authority on adoption lacks information 2009 Jul 24
Adoption scandal sheds light on orphanages' struggle 2009 Jul 14
Adoption scandal sheds light on orphanages' struggle 2009 Jul 14
Orphanage-scandal probe starts 2009 Jul 4
China Welfare Home Seizes Babies to Put Up For Adoption 2009 Jul 4
Orphanage investigated, officials punished over baby adoption scandal in SW China 2009 Jul 3
Kids taken in adoption scam 2009 Jul 2
China babies 'sold for adoption' 2009 Jul 2
18 people detained in child trafficking cases 2009 Jun 23
China police rescue trafficked children 2009 Jun 21
Kidnappers swoop on China’s girls 2009 May 31
China Vows Action on Trafficking 2009 May 21
Reflections for Adoption Day 2009 May 11
Adoption Settling Here Steadily 2009 May 10
Korean intercountry adoptees support birth mother’s rights in South Korea 2009 May 8
China sets up DNA database for child trafficking 2009 May 1
Child trafficking in Britain up by 50%, says study 2009 Apr 25
The Playground Project 2009 Apr 21
Chinese Hunger for Sons Fuels Boys’ Abductions 2009 Apr 5
A desperation for sons ... even someone else's CHINA: Age-old gender biases feed 2009 Apr 5
High-flying diplomat's China girl 2009 Mar 29
HIV-positive infant awaiting adoption 2009 Mar 27
Report uncovers child trafficking 2009 Mar 18
International adoptions by Americans get really tough 2009 Mar 15
Transnational Adoption and the “Financialization of Everything” 2009 Mar 4
Economic distress drives parents to desperate measures 2009 Mar 4
Rules are changing; programs are closing. 2009 Mar 1
Shenyang Children's Welfare Institute to 200,000 Americans orphan trafficking, Shenyang Children's Welfare Institute of traffick 2009 Feb 25
Sex trade, forced labor top U.N. human trafficking list 2009 Feb 16
Even fertile parents are deciding to adopt kids 2009 Feb 16
2 Adopted Children Abandoned Daily 2009 Feb
Army officer’s clan expands twice in South Korea 2009 Jan 27
US Schools Here Blind to Adoption Abuse Cases 2009 Jan 20
US Schools Here Blind to Adoption Abuse Cases 2009 Jan 20
U.S. urges Russia to sign adoption treaty 2009 Jan 11
Human trafficking global problem 2009 Jan 10
Ex-Prostitutes Say South Korea and U.S. Enabled Sex Trade Near Bases 2009 Jan 8
Verhoging kosten van adopties uit Taiwan 2009 Jan
Overzicht aankomsten in 2008 2009 Jan
Hoosiers face challenges adopting abroad 2008 Dec 26
CHINA SPEEDS UP ADOPTION PROCESS 2008 Dec 22
Genes, Schemes and International Adoption 2008 Dec 17
Voorstel - Proposal 2008 Dec 12
The problem with saving the world's 'orphans' 2008 Dec 11
Adoption Abused for Enrollment in Schools at US Military Camp 2008 Dec 6
As hard times bite, a few Taiwanese giving up kids 2008 Nov 25
Domestic Adoption Totals Increase 2008 Nov 19
Sold into adoption 2008 Oct 25
Jade finds a home in Hong Kong 2008 Oct 20
Taiwanese foundation promotes child adoption program 2008 Oct 17
Parents found selling kids’ identity to trafficking ring 2008 Oct 9
Korea Aims to End Stigma of Adoption and Stop ‘Exporting’ Babies 2008 Oct 8
China's ‘quake orphans' remain in extended families' tight embrace 2008 Sep 14
Kidsave kids arrive in Utah 2008 Jul 6
Seven Taiwanese orphans to get a taste of Utah 2008 Jul 5
Chinese Adoption Scams 2008 Jun 5
UN committee urges S. Korea to ratify international agreement on adoption 2008 May 24
Disabled Orphans Neglected in Adoption 2008 May 17
Overseas Officials To See International Adoption’s Success 2008 May 15
China's Lost Children 2008 May 12
6 Vietnamese suspected of trying to sell babies arrested 2008 May 7
'Mother of all Korean orphans' admits not every adoption perfect 2008 May 5
A Day Without Adoption 2008 May 5
Wellsville couple retain custody of toddler 2008 May 1
U.S.: Adoption fraud rife in Vietnam 2008 Apr 25
Vietnam gang 'smuggled 30 babies' 2008 Apr 9
Real estate scam busted 2008 Mar 24
Adopties uit China 2008 Mar 11
Couple involved in adoption scandal win guardianship of girl 2008 Feb 15
Couple gives up girl, 7, adopted here as a baby 2007 Dec 10
Graham B. Field 2007 Dec 10
Chinese police detain two suspects over trafficking Vietnamese babies 2007 Nov 29
Child Maltreatment, Child Abuse Fatalities Among Internationally Adopted Children 2007 Nov 1
Tangled adoption suit heads to trial 2007 Oct 30
Celebrate Children International cooperates with World Families Through Adoption, Inc. 2007 May 1
Adoption heartache for hundreds 2006 Sep 17
Orphanage probed over baby charges claim 2006 Apr 19
Stealing Babies for Adoption 2006 Mar 12
Post from Attach China Yahoo Group 2005 Dec 14
Hunan orphanages sells babies, says report 2005 Nov 24
Orphanages accused in baby-trading scandal 2005 Nov 11
Adoption becoming more open 2005 Aug 15
Trafficker gets death for selling 44 children 2005 Aug 9
Chinese Baby Traffickers Shift Focus to Girls 2005 Aug 4
Group seeking to change attitudes toward adoption 2005 Jul 4
Couple adopted girl from China, named her after new hometown 2005 Feb 17
Woman Indicted In Baby Death 2004 Oct 19
China halts baby trafficking ring 2004 Jul 13
Woman accused of child torture 2004 Jun 21
Investigation Report 2003 Feb 26
The Gates-funded Peony Project is nurturing China's forgotten blossoms 2002 Jun 16
Tam Nga-yin: Adoptions Snared in Bitter Tug of War 2002 Jan 27
China's Baby Traffickers 2001 Jan 8
Dozens of Chinese children reportedly kidnapped, sold 2000 Jan 15
CHINA'S BABY MARKET IS LOOPHOLE IN 'ONE-CHILD' POLICY 1999 Apr 14
International Adoptions: A New Route For Gays 1998 Jan 1
Buy a baby, save a life 1996 Jan 10
Family: In foreign adoption, the rules and risks are changing faster than ever 1994 Nov 21
Geneva woman draws jail term for daughter's death 1994 Jan 20
NURSE CONVICTED OF MURDERING 2-YEAR-OLD, TRAGEDY OF CHILD WHO DIDN'T FIT MOTHER'S IMAGE 1992 Sep 18
Question Of Identity -- American Adoptees Born In Korea Search For Their Cultural Roots In Second Homeland 1992 Mar 12
THE GRAY MARKET OF CHILDREN OF THE THIRD WORLD 1991 Jan 1
South Korea closing foreign trade in abandoned babies 1990 Mar 13
"We gave him up to save his life" 1989 Aug 11
FEWER BABIES KOREAN ADOPTIONS ARE TAPERING OFF 1989 Jul 6
Babies for Export: And Now the Painful Questions 1988 Apr 21
Babies for Sale 1988 Jan 1
OPTING FOR ADOPTION FEWER KOREAN BABIES AVAILABLE 1987 Nov 6
ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE THE NASONS OF OREGON OPEN THEIR DOOR TO DOZENS OF CHILDREN 1985 Dec 15
48 Chinese orphans leave Hong Kong for adoption by Americans 1962 Jun 26
New Faces 1957 Dec 19
Officer Wins Fight to Adopt Lad Korean Boy Starts For U.S. 1952 Dec 31
Korean intercountry adoptees support birth mother’s rights in South Korea
Trading in Babies
China shuts down reports about baby trafficking
International Adoption and the Fight for Human Rights
Money plays too big a role in adoption
Adoptees dress up to raise awareness
Child Adoption Law to Include Court Evaluation of Potential Parents
PEAR Ethics Alert - China Special Needs Programs
Girl placed with foster family three weeks after being adopted
Saints or sinners? You decide.
Adopted sight unseen.
China's stolen children
Baby Exporting Nation: The Two Faces of Inter-Country Adoption
Korean Twins re-united after decades!
The "Hunan 6" orphanages
International adoption China: Financial news
China shedding adoption stigma, may tighten rules
Thank Deng Xiaoping for Little Girls
Increased Number of Unwed Mothers Raising the Child on their Own
The "3 Implicated orphanages"
Two couples fight for right to claim child as their own

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