Dutch suspend foreign adoptions after abuses found

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Dutch suspend foreign adoptions after abuses found
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The investigation focused on the adoption of children from Indonesia and four other countries
The Netherlands is suspending all adoptions from abroad with immediate effect, after an official inquiry found many abuses.
The investigation focused on the adoption of children from Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka from 1967 to 1998.
Minister for Local Protection Sander Dekker said Dutch governments had failed for years to intervene.
The abuses included coercing or paying birth mothers to give up children.
The investigative committee found that Dutch government officials were aware of wrongdoing and that some were involved in abuses, though it did not find evidence of bribery.

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