Tonight the German TV is again broadcasting Search a Child, Pay Cash – The Adoption Lobby, as part of their weeklong Focus on Europe. As we know, the Adoption Lobby is, despite its public exposure, continuing like before. Translation – German text HERE The Romanian “adoption industry” EU official Roelie Post (right) talking to a… Read more »
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The business in ‘orphans’
“There are times, sadly, when you must be cruel to be kind.” This morning I read that quote in the UK Daily Mail Online: The scandal of orphanages in tourist resorts and disaster zones that rent children to fleece gullible Westerners. A part from the adoption lobby, that’s what I found the most incredible when… Read more »
Teodor Baconschi: Government’s position is firm, Romania will not resume international adoptions
Commenting on Wikileaks, the Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister reconfirmed Romania’s commitment to no not resume the export of children. From Hotnews.ro Baconschi Photo: Agerpres The Romanian Government’s position not to allow the resumption of international adoptions remains firm, although there is “lobbying” from several European countries and the U.S., said Foreign Minister Baconschi on Sunday to Pro TV, according to Mediafax.
Intercountry adoption & transnational organized crime networks
Quote from Romania-For Export Only: Sunday, 11 June 2000 On the Internet I found an interesting report from the UN Rapporteur on the Sale of Children on intercountry adoptions from Guatemala. It said legal adoptions appeared to be the exception rather than the rule… ‘Since huge profits can be made, the child has become an… Read more »
US to Romania: no adoptions = no visa waiver
The below quote is from my book ‘Romania, for Export Only’ Thursday, 27 July 2006 […] According to the Bucharest Daily News, President Bush and President Basescu had discussed the possible lifting of the visa obligation for Romanian citizens. President Bush had said the visa regime for Romanian visitors might become a bit more flexible,… Read more »
Reopening intercountry adoption – subject of a Resolution of the European Parliament
The ongoing lobby efforts. For full background, read Romania for Export Only, the untold story of the Romanian ‘orphans’ Published by www.victorbostinaru.ro on Tuesday 18 January 2011 (informal translation) On Monday night, European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg has discussed an initiative of 62 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), mostly Italians, to re-open international… Read more »
US State Department: Work to Unblock Romanian Adoptions
The Italian adoption agency Amici dei Bambini reported recently on yet another attempt to re-open Romanian adoptions. Work to unblock intercountry adoptions (in Italian). Apparently the US State Department has invited the Romanian Office for Adoptions in recent days to attend a series of meetings during which were examined in detail the procedures of the… Read more »
From the trenches of JCICS
PoundPupLegacy today found the doors to the Joint Council on International Children’s Services’ membership area wide open. For those who don’t know, JCICS is the umbrella organisation of the US adoption agencies and other members of the adoption industry. With the downgoing number of intercountry adoptions, it is a trade organisation that is fighting for… Read more »
A European Adoption Agency?
During a conference organized by French Members of the European Parliament Claire Gibault and Jean-Marie Cavada on 9 November 2009, Francois de Combret announced his desire: a European Adoption Agency. The last page of ‘Romania for Export Only’: Francois de Combret: I HAVE A DREAM. I see children with their arms lifted looking for love…. Read more »
Wikileaks, Lieberman and Romanian adoptions…
Yesterday was a rough day for Wikileaks. Their webhost AMAZON closed down their website, without prior warning. The days before, some politicians were contemplating legal steps, called for hunting down Julian Assange as a terrorist, or did an outright call to kill him. So what triggered Amazon to close down Wikileaks so abruptly? Apparently it… Read more »