 Guatemala:
The Baby Business
Duration: 08'43"
Produced by: Martin Adler and Ron McCullagh
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Martin Adler goes undercover to report on the profit-driven adoption
business in Guatemala. He reveals how children are not only being sold
to would-be parents from overseas; they are actually being stolen to
meet demand. 99% of Guatemala's adoptions are organised by private
sector agencies and lawyers, who use the weak adoption laws, and the
internet, to profit from selling babies. With the 4th highest
international adoption rate worldwide, the demand is outstripping
supply. Gustavo Tobar has spent three years trying to get his stolen
son back, and in this report we see him being let down by yet another
judge. Despite a clear need for new legislation, it's a non-profit
organisation that has blocked the new legislation for fear it would
prevent families being found for older children and cause a massive
increase in street children.
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