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Swedish Commission Recommends Halting International Adoptions After Uncovering Decades of Fraud
- A Swedish commission recommended ending international adoptions on Monday after uncovering abuses and fraud spanning decades, particularly involving private adoptions.
- The probe followed a 2021 government order triggered by a Dagens Nyheter report exposing unethical practices mainly in South Korea's adoption program and other origin countries.
- Over the course of the 1970s through the 2000s, investigators uncovered multiple instances of child trafficking linked to international adoptions, with practices including falsified documents, misrepresented birth details, and adoptions carried out without parental consent.
- Anna Singer, who leads the commission, highlighted the ongoing issue of child trafficking linked to international adoptions spanning from the 1970s through the early 2000s, and presented her findings to Minister Camilla Waltersson Grönvall.
- The findings suggest Sweden and other countries revising adoption policies, with international adoptions in Sweden dropping from over 900 in 1985 to 14 in early 2025, raising calls for recognition of human rights violations.
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South Korean adoption scandal: Belgian adoptees seek justice
An investigation by South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission wrapped up on May 26 and its findings are damning. The body was set up in 2022 following a petition signed by hundreds of adoptees of South Korean origin from around the world, denouncing the illegal circumstances of their adoption. While the final report is still pending, the commission’s interim findings make for difficult reading: they reveal serious human rights violations…
Led the Adoption Center when the smuggling was at its worst. Adopted several children from China myself.
An investigation commissioned by Parliament has discovered children declared dead and then data for adoption, forged documents and other serious irregularities
Sweden's independent commission calls for an end to international adoptions
Since 1960, around 60,000 children born abroad have been brought into Swedish families. In many cases, these adoptions amounted to child trafficking, leading the investigative commission to recommend that the Swedish state issue an official apology.
Sweden should no longer be allowed to adopt children from abroad.
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