Welcome Trish Maskew, New Chief of the Adoption Division September 24, 2014 The Office of Children’s Issues is pleased to announce the appointment of Trish Maskew as the new Chief of the Adoption Division. Trish joins the Department of State from the Department of Justice where she worked in the Civil Division for almost six years. Before joining the U.S. …
According to reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”), officials intercepted an attempt by three American adoptive families to remove their children from Congo without proper authorization (http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2014/09/14/trafic-denfants-la-dgm-demantele-un-reseau-dirige-par-un-citoyen-americain/). This news story has been reported as “child selling” or trafficking by DRC news outlets (http://youtu.be/Ym4kecKFvIM). PEAR understands that the three families in question had legally adopted the seven affected children according to …