Probably 11,000 babies were adopted throughout Europe, the US and Canada from Sri Lanka from 1970 to 1990. Some Sri Lankan mothers were told by corrupt hospital officials their babies had died during child birth. Others were informed their newborns needed special care, but instead were whisked away for adoption.
Many mothers were pregnant out of wedlock and had fled their villages to give birth. Fixers working for shady adoption lawyers scoured slums, train stations and hospitals to find these vulnerable women, forcing them to sign away their babies, the report said.
While official charities worked with orphanages and assisted with orderly, legal adoptions, many babies given up were often "ordered" and produced within nine months, possibly at baby farms, for money. "These children were all made for export," the report said.
DW reports.
https://amp.dw.com/en/chasing-a-lie-from-switzerland-to-sri-lanka/a-47720712
Many mothers were pregnant out of wedlock and had fled their villages to give birth. Fixers working for shady adoption lawyers scoured slums, train stations and hospitals to find these vulnerable women, forcing them to sign away their babies, the report said.
While official charities worked with orphanages and assisted with orderly, legal adoptions, many babies given up were often "ordered" and produced within nine months, possibly at baby farms, for money. "These children were all made for export," the report said.
DW reports.
https://amp.dw.com/en/chasing-a-lie-from-switzerland-to-sri-lanka/a-47720712
