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By Saroj Pathirana
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image captionRanaweera Arachchilage Yasawathi received one photo of Jagath after his adoption and remains desperate to find him
Thousands of Sri Lankan babies were put up for adoption between the 1960s and 1980s - some of them sold by baby farms to prospective parents across Europe. The Netherlands, which accepted many of those infants, has recently suspended international adoptions following historical allegations of coercion and bribery. As that investigation unfolds, families who never stopped thinking about the children who vanished hope they will be reunited.
Indika Waduge remembers the red car driving off with his mother and sister, Nilanthi, inside. He and his other sister Damayanthi stayed at home and waited for their mother to return. When she came back the next day, she was alone.