In response to the recent reports and requests for clarification, the US Department of State published the following statement last night: http://www.adoptions.state.gov/news/moldova.html U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues January 30, 2009 Recent media reports that the Government of Moldova is planning toimpose a temporary ban on intercountry adoption appear to beerroneous. According to a Moldovan government …
Month: January 2009
Liberia, Moldova Halt International Adoptions
The countries of Liberia and Moldova announced bans on international adoptions this week pending invesitgations into allegations of fraud and child mistreatment. The African News reported the following excerpt from the address of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to the National Legislature on Monday, January 26, 2009: “The gross mismanagement of the adoption program (which aims primarily at placing orphans in …