US Marshall Islands (US Associated State)
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Marshall Islands adoption is rife with corruption and crime. Linked below are a few selected news stories, but none contain references to OBC and another government-held adoption record. Must-read fact sheet on Marshall Island adoptions explains short history and corruption in adoption.
- Current access status: undetermined. We are researching it.
- Nitijela (Marshall Islands Legislature)
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See Black Market Babies for links to Marshall Islands adoption coverage
- Attorney’s accomplice gets 2 years in Marshallese adoption scheme, Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette July 14, 2021
- Former Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen pleads guilty in adoption fraud scheme, AZ Central, June 18, 2020
- Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen resigns amidst human smuggling accusations, Fox 10, January 7, 2020
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Arizona official quits amid charges he paid women to give up babies, NBC News, January 7, 2020
- Prostitution camp provided women for Petersen adoptions. Arizona Capitol Times, March 26, 2020
- Former Maricopa County assessor in adoption scheme to be sentenced in 3 states. The Miner. November 26, 2020
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Former Arizona official sentenced to prison for running an illegal adoption scheme: ‘A baby-selling enterprise’Washington Post, December 2, 2020
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- Well-known adoption-fixer charged with human trafficking, Honolulu Civil Beat, March 25, 2019
- Marshall Islands target adoption trafficking. Marianas Variety, March 25, 2019
- Marshallese make adoption-plot arrest, Arkansas-Democrat Gazette, March 28, 2019
- This Texas Lawyer Flies Marshallese Women Through Hawaii For Black Market Adoptions. Civil Beat, June 13, 2019
- Texas Agency Ordered To Stop Marshall Islands Adoptions, Honolulu Civil Beat. July 3, 2019
- Springdale Woman Arrested In Connection To Marshallese Adoption Scheme, KFSM-TV, Springdale, AR, October 4, 2019
- Major Player In Black Market Marshallese Adoptions Faces Criminal Charges, Civil Beat, October 8, 2019
- What will happen to the 8 pregnant Marshallese women living at Mesa home owned by Petersen?, azcentral. October 9, 2019
- Arizona Official Arrested In Alleged ‘Baby Mill’ Adoption Fraud Scheme, NPR, October 9, 2019
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Family says adoption agency pressured them, mother in illegal Marshallese adoption, KSL-TV, Salt Lake, October 9, 2019
- Paul Petersen’s arrest not surprising to some familiar with Marshall Islands’ adoptions, ABC15 Phoenix, October 10, 2019
- An Arizona elected official ran an illegal adoption scheme: How big was the ‘baby mill’?, US Today, October 10, 2019
- First child born since adoption fraud, human smuggling scheme involving Maricopa County Assessor, Fox News 10, Phoenix, October 13, 2019
- As an ASU senior in 1998, Paul Petersen facilitated adoptions from the Marshall Islands. azcentral, October 11, 2019 (Arizona)
- Washington County Circuit judge takes control of tainted adoption cases, Northwest Arkansas Democrat, Gazette, October 11, 2019
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Couple working with Paul Petersen’s adoption agency react to arrest. ABC 15, Phoenix, October 13, 2019
- 8 pregnant Marshallese women in Mesa ‘are being cared for,’ officials say, Arizona Central, October 17, 2019. Aransas Democrat-Gazette, October 19 2-19
- Marshall Islands officials hail adoptions-case arrest, Arkansas Gazette-Democrat, October 2019
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How adoption in the Marshall Islands differs from adoption in the US, NBC 12, Phoenix, October 28. 2019
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Marshall Islands Adoption Issues Go Beyond Arizona Arrest, KNAU Flagstff, October 30, 2019
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- Court cases open window into Marshallese adoptions, Honolulu Civil Beat, December 27, 2018
- Black Market Babies, Honolulu Civil Beat, November 2018
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- Investigation: Maricopa County Assessor Paul Peterson involved in questionable adoptions. Arizona Republic, December 3, 2018
- Apparent increase in illegal Marshallese adoptions in Hawai’i flagged by US, Pacific Islands Report, July 17, 2017
- The tragic confusion of adoption from the Marshall Islands, Elizabeth Peet, Wilson Quarterly, June 25, 2015
- “Do you understand that your baby goes away and never comes back?” Katheryn Joyce, Newsweek, April 21, 2015
Updated August 9, 2021
