In the last 60 years, over a million "orphans” have been adopted by Western families. Many of them are now discovering that ...

STOCKHOLM -- A Swedish commission recommended Monday that international adoptions be stopped after an investigation found a series of abuses and fraud dating back decades. Sweden is the latest ...

Last month, Sweden completed an inquiry that found evidence of fraud and child trafficking in international adoptions dating back as far as the 1970s.

After peaking in 2004, the annual number of international adoptions to the United States has fallen by 94% as of 2023.