The Republic of Congo have suspended the international adoption of children to ensure the interests of such children are protected.

The move comes after the arrest in neighbouring Chad of members of French NGO who were subsequently charged with abducting 103 children destined for new families in Europe.

A study carried out in 2006 by the government, the justice and peace commission and the UN Children’s Fund revealed that there were about 2,000 child victims of cross-border trafficking in Congo during that year.

Many adoptive parents assume they are resueing a baby from poverty and institutional care; but the truth might be that the baby has beed abducted from its biological parents.

A study carried out in 2006 by the justice and peace commission and the UN Children’s Fund revealed that there were about 2,000 child victims of cross-border trafficking in Congo during that year.

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