Atlanta man who ran an adoption agency admits he paid bribes to Ethiopian officials

An Atlanta man who previously ran an adoption agency pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to his role in a scheme involving children from Ethiopia, the U.S. Department of Justice said. James Harding, 55, admitted that between 2008 and 2009, he and his co-conspirators submitted fraudulent documents to the State Department to facilitate adoptions of

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International adoption made me a commodity, not a daughter: I wasn’t saved from Ethiopia; I had Ethiopia stolen from me.

Ethiopian Tarikuwa Lemma The Guardian In 2006, less than a year after my sisters and I were brought to America as the victims of a corrupt adoption agency, I told the Americans who were saying that they were our “forever” family that I wanted to return to Ethiopia. I didn’t want a new family, I

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Protest planned over sentencing in abuse of adopted Ethiopian children

Pittsburgh Post Gazette  A member of the Allegheny County Children, Youth and Families advisory board is organizing an event Friday to protest what she considers a lenient sentence for a former Franklin Park couple accused of abusing their adopted Ethiopian children. “My personal calling is advocating for the most vulnerable children,” said Joanna Huss, who

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Isabelle Adopted girl takes trip back to Ethiopia

Independent.ie MARIA PEPPER – 26 FEBRUARY 2014 A NINE-year-old girl living in Blackwater enjoyed an unforgettable return visit toEthiopia, from where she was adopted as a baby. Isabelle Schulte, who attends Gorey Educate Together school, was accompanied on the trip by

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