Number	23734
Subject	Children
Source	Salt Lake Tribune
State	UT
Year	2007
Publication Date	6/17/2007
Summary	"Focus on Children, a Utah-based adoption agency, is accused by the U.S. government of tricking Samoan parents into giving up their children for adoption and falsely telling American parents they are orphans." The reporter traveled to Samoa to track down families that were affected; she found adoption agency recruiters exploited the families' religious faith, as well as bribed them with cars.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	13
Keywords	foreign relations; adoption; kidnapping; Latter Day Saints
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