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Abuse cases

Title Date
Girl adopted by couple from Perth Australia 2019
Children adopted by Matthew and Melissa Dumont 2013 Jul 10
Girl adopted by a Malaysian couple 2013 Nov 19
Children adopted by Jean Paul Kruse and Emily Kruse 2012 Aug 1
Twins adopted by Sandra Weller 2011 Oct 20
Children adopted by Paul and Paula Dunham 2008 Nov 1
Girl adopted by Lynwood Elmer Vinum 2008 Jul 18
Girl adopted by Eva Maria Hofer 2006 Jul 1
Swarbrick siblings 2005 Jan 1
18 Children in care of Tom and Debra Schmitz 2004 Jun 30
Casey "C.J." Elgie 2000 Aug 30
Hoa Nguyen, aka Christopher Royce Shepherd 1999 Apr 13
Boys adopted by Dr. Daniel Carleton Gajdusek 1996 Jan 1
76+ Children adopted by Diane and Dennis Nason 1991 May 1
Dominick J. (Andrew) Diehl 1986 Oct 29
Boy adopted by Mary Lou and Bernard Bauer 1985 Jan 1
Jackie Zudis (Thi My Lan Nguyen) 1977 Jan 1

Child trafficking cases

Title Date
Laos - misc child trafficking case 2012 Feb 6
Vietnam - Ruc children of Quang Binh Province 2010 Mar 14
Vietnam - Tia Sang Orphanage 2010 Aug 1
Pakistan - misc child trafficking cases 2009 Jan 1
Philippines / Singapore - Irene Low Ai Lian case 2008 Dec 15
Vietnam - Nam Dinh province case 2008 Jul 1
Vietnamese and Cambodian infants trafficked to China case 2008 May 22
Russia - Yunona: Ivan Jerdev and Vladimir Jerdev case 2006 Jan 24
Vietnam - My Linh Soland aka My-Linh Duong Soland case 2006 Jul 11
Cambodia - Main Dim's son aka Sam 2004 Mar 7
Indonesia - Rosdiana case 2004 Mar 6
Cambodia - Sea Visoth / Khmer American Orphans Association case 2001 Dec 7
Cambodia - Serey Puth - Asian Orphans Association (AOA) 2001 Sep 14
Vietnam - Asian Orphans of Hope case 2001 Apr 8
Vietnam - Mai-Ly Latrace/Project Faith case 2000 Jan 1
Cambodia - Camryn Mosley (Songkea) case 1999 Aug 1
Vietnam - misc trafficking articles case 1998 Jan 1
Vietnam - Vu Tien Manh case 1998 Jan 1
Cambodia - Srey Lieu and Srey Mom, Kim Sophoan's daughters 1997 Jan 1
Vietnam - An Giang Province - Le Quoc Binh case 1995 Jan 1
Vietnam - Mary Payne Nguyen case 1995 Jan 1
Cambodia - misc trafficking articles case 1990 Jan 1
Cambodia - Lauryn Galindo Case 1990 Jan 1
Malaysia - misc trafficking cases 1989 Jan 1
Philippines - misc trafficking cases 1989 Jan 1

Deportation cases

Title Date
Julius Schombs 2004 Jan 3
John Gaul III 1998 Jul 19

Disrupted placement cases

Title Date
Girl adopted by Kristen Richburg 2010 Jan 1
Tristan Dowse (Erwin Reynaldi) 2003 Jan 1
Sanjay Farrow 1991 Oct 1

Documents

Title Publication date
US to soon restart limited adoptions in Vietnam, lifting ban imposed amid baby-selling claims 2014 Sep 12
Cambodia's Orphan-Industrial Complex 2013 Jun 3
Adoptive parents in child trafficking case remanded 2013 Feb 24
US senator hopeful Vietnam adoptions will restart soon following ban over baby-selling 2013 Feb 21
Italy Signs Agreement to Resume Adoptions 2013 Feb 15
7 women arrested for selling babies 2013 Feb 12
Hope for couples who bought children from trafficking ring 2013 Jan 28
Report: Baby trade in Philippine hospitals 2013 Jan 9
Notice: Update on Status of Intercountry Adoptions between the United States and Cambodia 2013 Jan 2
Ban on Cambodian Adoptions to US lifts Jan 1 2013 2012 Oct 30
Baby trafficking probe 2012 Feb 7
Court allows couples who gave children up for adoption to take them back 2011 Dec 10
Foreign adoptions by Americans plunge again 2011 Nov 11
Adoption as trafficking ploy 2011 Aug 17
Orphans Used by Temple Director to Make Money 2011 Jun 22
Ambassador post blocked as US adoptive families fight for release of Vietnamese orphans 2011 Jun 15
Ban Will Remain on US Adoptions: Ambassador 2011 Apr 19
Rights of children key issue in applying best practice to inter-country adoption 2011 Apr 18
Cambodian government to investigate orphanages after UN concern 2011 Mar 23
US envoy to take up Cambodia, Vietnam adoption 2011 Mar 15
Future uncertain for children in Thai baby scam. 2011 Feb 27
Supply and Demand: The Landscape 2010 Nov 1
Anatomy of an Adoption Crisis 2010 Sep 12
Eight Children Rescued from Traffickers 2010 Jul 18
In limbo after easy adoption 2010 May 23
Babies worth their weight in cash 2010 May 23
Little Pearls Adoption Agency target of RICO complaint 2010 Apr 5
Cambodia to resume adoptions by end of 2011 2010 Mar 30
Children for Sale: Trafficking by Foreign Embassies 2010 Mar 29
Selling Babies Big Business In One North Jakarta Slum 2010 Feb 16
Child-adoption reforms deserve support 2010 Feb 8
Illegally adopted Filipino babies traced 2010 Feb 1
State decision suspends adoptions from Vietnam 2010 Jan 15
Hospitals, health centers alerted of baby abduction 2010 Jan 12
Chinese border town emerges as new front line in fight against human trafficking 2009 Dec 26
Two arrested in Vietnam for baby trafficking: report 2009 Nov 9
International Social Service: Adoption from Vietnam Findings and Recommendations 2009 Nov 1
Cambodian National Assembly passes legislation regulating adoptions 2009 Oct 23
Vietnam to reopen for Irish adoptions 2009 Oct 12
Six Vietnamese officials sentenced to jail over fraudulent adoptions 2009 Sep 30
New adoption regulations under debate 2009 Sep 28
Six officials jailed in Nam Dinh adoption scam 2009 Sep 28
New adoption regulations under debate 2009 Sep 28
Adoption body chief offers to help process Vietnamese cases 2009 Sep 24
16 on trial in Vietnam adoption scandal 2009 Sep 22
Vietnamese doctors 'sold' babies for overseas adoptions 2009 Sep 22
Vietnamese adoptions face scrutiny 2009 Sep 21
Prosecutors to Fight Molester's Parole 2009 Sep 18
Law markers discuss child adoption by foreigners 2009 Sep 17
Draft law promotes adoptions by locals 2009 Sep 17
UNICEF: Philippines is a country with worst child trafficking condition 2009 Sep 2
Child trafficking on the rise in 7 Asian countries 2009 Sep 1
U.S. Pedophiles Nabbed in Cambodia Sex-Tourist Sting 2009 Aug 31
Draft bill favours local adoption for children 2009 Aug 22
STRICT LEGAL PROCEDURE BUT LOOSE ACTUAL PROCESS 2009 Jul 30
Adoption waiting lists to be cut with revamped system 2009 Jul 27
Three jailed for child trafficking 2009 Jun 26
The cost of reshaping adoption 2009 May 23
US and Sweden first to halt adoptions from Vietnam 2009 May 19
Talks begin on new deal with Vietnam over adoption laws 2009 May 17
Government urged to ‘come clean’ about break down of inter-country adoption links 2009 May 7
US DOS: Vietnam Adoption Notice 2009 May 1
Child trafficking in Britain up by 50%, says study 2009 Apr 25
Premature triplets put up for adoption 2009 Apr 24
p://nowra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/couple-jumps-through-hoops-to-adopt-their-sons-from-overseas/1492962.aspx 2009 Apr 22
Les autorités cambodgiennes ont réagi à l'article consacré à la Position française sur l'adoption internationale. 2009 Apr 21
The Playground Project 2009 Apr 21
Talks on new Vietnam adoption deal begin 2009 Apr 18
Gov’t reviews draft laws on culture, health, investment 2009 Apr 2
Brangelina to adopt child from India? 2009 Mar 29
Agent verdacht van mensenroof Azië 2009 Mar 21
Cambodge (20.03.09) 2009 Mar 20
International adoptions by Americans get really tough 2009 Mar 15
Cambodia, adoptions: a mission 2009 Mar 13
Arroyo signs measure fast-tracking adoption process 2009 Mar 12
Vietnamese adoptions thrown into doubt 2009 Mar 7
DSWD pushes legal child adoption 2009 Mar 7
Vietnamese adoptions thrown into doubt 2009 Mar 7
Paedophile gained child nurse job 2009 Mar 2
Rules are changing; programs are closing. 2009 Mar 1
Social Welfare Office Intensifies Drive On Legal Adoption 2009 Feb 23
New adoption bill ready for Arroyo's signature 2009 Feb 23
Vietnamese orphans for sale 2009 Feb 20
Salomons oordeel over de kleine Yosi 2009 Feb 19
Sex trade, forced labor top U.N. human trafficking list 2009 Feb 16
Adoption scandal has prompted only minor changes 2009 Feb 14
Cambodia to ban foreign gays from adopting children 2009 Feb 13
Tackling Timor’s Human Traffic 2009 Feb 13
Officials refuse certain foreigners to adopt Cambodian children 2009 Feb 13
Adoption restrictions to rule out single, gay foreign applicants 2009 Feb 13
France and Cambodia to discuss new adoptions 2009 Feb 10
The curious case of Tristan Dowse 2009 Feb 8
Mission à Phnom Penh de M. Jean-Paul MONCHAU, 2009 Feb 7
10 disturbing cases 2009 Feb 6
Update on Intercountry Adoption Arrangements between Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 2009 Feb 1
Trish Maskew & Linh Song 2009 Jan 31
News from German Central Authority 2009 Jan 29
Government adopts inter-country adoption standards 2009 Jan 23
Six women nabbed in alleged baby trafficking 2009 Jan 20
Huit nouvelles "Volontaires" pour aider les familles à adopter à l'étranger 2009 Jan 19
Volontaires pour faciliter l’adoption internationale 2009 Jan 19
Congressional letter to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung 2009 Jan 15
Out of Cambodia 2009 Jan 9
Couples turn to Russia and Vietnam for child adoption 2009 Jan 6
Child trafficking in Cambodia 2009 Jan 1
S'porean adoption agency owner accused of baby-trafficking 2008 Dec 21
I moved babies there as new home not ready 2008 Dec 20
I moved babies there as new home not ready 2008 Dec 20
Singaporean arrested over "illegal babies" in Manila 2008 Dec 18
Cops to file charges vs people behind 'for sale' babies 2008 Dec 17
Woman in baby sale crossfire 2008 Dec 17
Cops probe 'for sale' babies bound for Singapore 2008 Dec 16
Adoption Issues in the US 2008 Dec 5
Nieuw te ontwikkelen Contacten Wereldkinderen 2008 Nov 29
Adoption of 200 children from Vietnam now in doubt 2008 Nov 27
France update Cambodge 2008 Nov 25
Bureaucratic adoption 2008 Oct 20
Us Department of State: Vietnam Adoption Alert 2008 Oct 1
Adoption agreement between Vietnam and U.S. falls apart 2008 Sep 1
US Adoption Agencies Licensed in Vietnam with province 2008 2008 Sep 1
Lacson pushes bills 2008 Aug 25
Tougher adoption regulations needed 2008 Aug 23
NA talks on introducing Hague rules on adoption 2008 Jul 26
US paedophile arrested for abusing adopted 5-year-old daughter 2008 Jul 18
300 infants illegally put up for adoption 2008 Jul 15
Agencies seek to protect Myanmar cyclone orphans 2008 Jul 14
Congressional letter to Condoleezza Rice related to Vietnam 2008 Jul 7
Adoption rates rise among Indonesia's poor 2008 Jun 22
Wilma van der Maten, correspondent in New Delhi 2008 Jun 20
Myanmar takes care of cyclone orphans, bans adoption 2008 Jun 11
Move to make child adoption easy 2008 May 27
Malaysian police arrest 23 people in illegal adoption syndicate 2008 May 25
Overseas Officials To See International Adoption’s Success 2008 May 15
Vietnam arrests 2 women for suspected baby trafficking 2008 May 12
6 Vietnamese suspected of trying to sell babies arrested 2008 May 7
U.S. Allegations Prompt Vietnam to Halt Adoption Program 2008 Apr 28
U.S. alleges baby-selling, corruption in adoptions from Vietnam 2008 Apr 25
Vietnamese babies sold for adoption in West 2008 Apr 25
U.S.: Adoption fraud rife in Vietnam 2008 Apr 25
NutraCea and Raising Malawi Expand Humanitarian Collaboration for Orphans in Cambodia 2008 Apr 15
Vietnam gang 'smuggled 30 babies' 2008 Apr 9
Adoptions from Cambodia 2008 Apr 2
Halted foreign adoptions leave would-be parents in limbo 2008 Mar 28
JCICS visit to Vietnam part 2 2008 Mar 7
JCICS visit to Vietnam 2008 Mar 5
CHILD ADOPTIONS IN VIETNAM 2008 Feb 15
Families Adopting in Vietnam Say They Are Caught in Diplomatic Jam 2008 Feb 11
Deborra-lee Furness' adoption success 2008 Feb 3
VIETNAM ADOPTIONS: A TRAIL OF CORRUPTION 2008 Jan 8
Baby 'confiscation' goes to police 2008 Jan 3
Foreign wombs for hire 2008 Jan 1
Ireland - Philipines Adoption Info Pack 2008 Jan 1
Cambodia promises US that adoption law is inching forward 2007 Nov 29
Addressing the Challenges of Intercountry Adoption- with Vietnam 2007 Nov 21
I Am Not a Bridge 2007 Nov 19
Police ground children in Dili 2007 Nov 10
Woman fails to take 23 kids from Timor 2007 Nov 9
Woman fails to take 23 kids from Timor 2007 Nov 9
Vietnam Adoptions — DIA Objects to Recent NOIDS and Abandons Plans For Fee Schedule 2007 Oct 29
zr. Bernadette, Baturaja - reacties 2007 Jul 18
Unlicensed and Partnering Agencies 2007 Jul 13
US Adoption Agencies licensed in Vietnam with province (2007) 2007 Jun 11
Hungerstrike to reopen Cambodge 2007 Mar 11
Op zoek naar informatie over lies darmadji 2007 Jan 4
Intercountry Adoption Implementation Assistance Programme 2007 Jan 1
US Adoption Agencies Licensed in Vietnam with province (2006) 2006 Sep 23
Vietnamese adoptions under way 'not illegal' 2006 Jul 28
New fears over Vietnam adoptions 2006 Jul 24
Adoption chief used Vietnam fraudster as a tour guide 2006 Jul 11
'Evil' adoption scandal 2006 Jul 8
'Evil' adoption scandal 2006 Jul 8
Irish agency severs ties with Soland 2006 Jul 8
'We nicknamed her DR EVIL but no-one dared challenge her because we were afraid we would not get our babies' 2006 Jul 8
Adoption chief used Vietnam fraudster as a tour guide 2006 Jul 6
Adoption fraud 2006 Jul 5
Foreign adoptions: latest form of human traffic? 2006 Jun 20
Ahern welcomes court ruling on Tristan 2006 Feb 23
Law Reform Commission News Release - Tristan 2006 Feb 18
Babies of war cruelly spirited away 2006 Feb 12
Cambodia: Intercountry adoption Assessment Unicef 2006 Jan 1
Newborn trafficking ring to China ring detected 2005 Dec 30
U.S. Embassy Funds Survey of Children in Need 2005 Dec 1
Baby-selling by organised syndicates is big business in Malaysia 2005 Sep 28
I was tricked into giving Tristan away but now I want him back in 2005 Sep 4
In Shadow Of Adoption 2005 Aug 21
Trafficker gets death for selling 44 children 2005 Aug 9
Cambodian adoption challenge lost 2005 Jul 4
Post subject: Stichting Pangkuan si cilik te Jakarta 2005 Jun 20
Pitfalls for Parents 2005 May 29
Irish Tristan team fails to get answers 2005 May 22
Tristan 2005 May 1
Tristan's mother was not allowed to breast feed him in case she 2005 Apr 25
British couples fight Cambodia adoption ban in the High Court 2005 Apr 19
Indonesia: Adoptivkind nach zwei Jahren zurückgegeben 2005 Apr 18
20/20 Transcript Cambodia Adoption 2005 Mar 25
U.S. Families Learn Truth About Adopted Cambodian Children 2005 Mar 25
Gezocht: Info over biologische ouders - Semarang Indonesie 2005 Feb 17
Adoptie Kindertehuis Semarang (Java Indonesia) in 1975 2005 Feb 6
ASSESSING U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE CAMBODIAN TRAFFICKING SCANDAL 2005 Jan 7
Officials advise against international adoption 2005 Jan 7
Verbod adoptie tsunami-wezen (Indonesië) 2005 Jan 4
Telling the Cambodian Story 2005
Les limites du désir d’enfant 2004 Dec 16
Mme Chirac lends Hallyday a hand for fast-track adoption Vietnamese baby 2004 Dec 11
Babies-for-sale trade faces a global crackdown 2004 Nov 21
Open Letter 2004 Nov 20
Adoption Scammer Gets 18 Months in Jail 2004 Nov 19
Adoption law 'encourages' illegal adoption 2004 Nov 19
HAWAII RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON IN CAMBODIAN ADOPTION CONSPIRACY 2004 Nov 19
Babies Betrayed: A Kauai woman faces trial in a Cambodian baby trafficking case 2004 Mar 7
A Kauai woman faces trial in a Cambodian baby trafficking case 2004 Mar 7
Whose Kids Are They? 2004 Jan 19
Jolie's adoption nightmare 2004 Jan 9
Babies for sale: no warranty 2003 Dec 16
In Cambodia, corruption and lax regulations mean it's easy to get a child quickly. The problem is, many of them aren't abandoned 2003 Dec 16
Minister Lenihan announces a bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam 2003 Jul 16
Philipine case 2003 Jul 14
International adoptions to be 'a last resort' 2003 Jul 4
Letter from Ethica from Trish Maskew 2003 Jun 6
Opschorting adoptie Cambodja 2003 May 22
KAMBODSCHA - German adoption 2003 Jan 1
Adoptions Gone Wrong in Cambodia 2002 Dec
Swedish Adoption License Scandal in Cambodia 2002 Oct 30
Baby trafficking to Sweden again? (Cambodia) 2002 Oct 30
Congressional letter to Commissioner Ziglar (Sept. 2002) 2002 Sep 5
Congressional letter to Ambassador Eng 2002 Sep 5
Summer Harrison Vs. Hawaii International Child, et al 2002 Jul 7
Where Do Babies Come From? 2002 Jun 16
Congressional letter to Commissioner Ziglar (Jun. 2002) 2002 Jun 3
Congressional letter to Commissioner Ziglar (March 2002) 2002 Mar 18
Congressional letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell and Commissioner James Ziglar about Cambodia 2002 Feb 14
Congressional letter to Commissioner Ziglar (Feb. 2002) 2002 Feb 6
Cambodia suspends all US adoptions 2002 Feb 1
Congressional letter to Commissioner Ziglar (Jan. 2002) 2002 Jan 10
Congressional letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell about Cambodia 2002 Jan 10
Briefing Paper on Abuses Related to the Internation Adoption Process in Cambodia 2002 Jan 1
Kennedy Family Adoption Story 2002
ABUSES RELATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION PROCESS IN CAMBODIA 2002 Jan 1
Adoptions 'like selling goods' - Foreign Minister 2001 Dec 7
Adoptions still on - embassy 2001 Nov 23
Seven Charged in Baby Traffic Ring 2001 Nov 23
U.S. Interrupts Cambodian Adoptions 2001 Nov 5
Adoptions to US put on hold 2001 Oct 26
Interview with Larry Crider, Officer in Charge, HCMC INS 2001 Apr 1
In poverty-stricken, devastated Cambodia, parents sell babies to buy food 2001 Feb 3
Pour une ethique de l'adoption internationale 2001 Jan 1
Babies bought for sale to foreigners 2000 May 26
Thomas Furey backs out 2000 May 25
Vietnam baby smugglers jailed 2000 Jan 21
Women in rush to produce babies for sale 1999 Jul 16
Emotional health of Indonesian adoptees living in Australian families 1996 Aug
Foreign adoptions feared out of control 1996 Jun 28
THE GRAY MARKET OF CHILDREN OF THE THIRD WORLD 1991 Jan 1
Would-be parents tell of broken hearts 1987 Dec 20
ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE THE NASONS OF OREGON OPEN THEIR DOOR TO DOZENS OF CHILDREN 1985 Dec 15
The Indonesian government is clamping down on a flourishing "cash-and-carry" adoption business 1983 Nov 11
INDONESIA CRACKING DOWN ON CASH-AND-CARRY ADOPTIONS 1983 Nov 11
Protestant and Catholic oganizations now arranging adoptions 1973 Aug 25
Assistance Programs of U.S. Non-Profit Organizations - South Vietnam 1968 Oct 31
Donor letter to ROTIA
Trafficking report
Geschiedenis/History
Poor babies
Trafficking children: The baby business

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