Where is truth

UNITED STATES: They exchanged their adopted children on the Internet

 

Adoptive parents regularly exchange their children outside of any administrative control and expose them to serious abuses, according to a survey conducted by a journalist for Reuters in the U.S. United States.

The report searched Megan Twohey reveals the existence of Internet forums through which parents looking to get rid of adopted children, often of foreign origin, contact with potential host families.

"This practice is called 're-homing private', a term usually used by pets looking for their new home owners," says the journalist. It highlights the similarities in the vocabulary used on sites that facilitate these transactions.

Reuters took the example of a discussion group on the Yahoo! site, where the agency has reviewed more than 5,000 messages. "On average, one child per week was introduced for a change of focus," says the report.

Transfer simple contract

Transactions are facilitated by the legislation of some U.S. states, which allows adults to transfer custody of a child by simple contract, without the intervention of a judge or a social worker.

Megan Twohey has traced the journey of an American couple, Nicole and Calvin Eason who obtained less than a day parental authority over a child with a mother adoptive they had never met.

Despite numerous reports of social services reporting violence and sexual abuse of children of the couple, it had no trouble getting the subsequent custody of several children, always through the Internet. 

A teenager of Liberian origin adopted in the United States and assigned to the couple by her adoptive mother told Megan Twohey have "slept in their beds" in murky circumstances .

Contacted by Reuters, the Eason denied any mistreatment of children who have been entrusted to them.

For their part, the companies that host forums identified by the news agency reacted differently. Yahoo! has removed the focus group analyzed by Megan Twohey, but Facebook keeps open similar pages. "Internet is a reflection of society," has defended a spokesman social network.