Hunan baby trafficking case

One of the more heinous stories to come out of China last year was the report that an orphanage director, along with many accomplices, was charged with buying abducted babies and selling them to another social welfare institute. The orphanage director and nine others were sentenced to prison for their part in the case.

This is exactly the kind of thing that gives foreign adoptions a bad name and you hope it is not very widespread. The following quote from the article should give prospective adoptive parents pause:

People involved with the adoption of Chinese children by foreigners have long worried that parents might unknowingly receive children abducted from their families.

They worry that baby-trafficking accusations could lead officials to limit or stop giving homes to thousands of children who might otherwise grow up in orphanages.