they are getting the orphans because there is a dollar sign. reporter: the u.s. state department also found that eac failed to take the proper steps to make sure birth parents consented to the termination of their parental rights. in accordance with applicable laws. were these mothers lied to? no, absolutely not. reporter: the women say they have ended up buying a child instead of adopting a child. the lawyer who processed the adoptions for eac at god s mercy orphanage is this woman, dora marembe. we spoke with her by phone and she denied any wrongdoing by god s mercy. she also insisted children are not being trafficked in uganda through orphanages and neither she nor eac ever trafficked children. she also said that the biological mothers of namada and viola did know their daughters were being adopted and taken to america. all of that despite the ugandan government telling us that it shut down god s mercy orphanage
the first part of a powerful story, cnn investigation, uncovering what appears to be the trafficking of children in y uganda, biological parents are convinced their children will return after being educated. instead of that, their kids are sold to adoptive families who think they re orphans. here is randi kaye with part two of the cnn investigation kids for sale. we unwittingly placed an order for a child. the only trauma this poor kid ever experienced was because we essentially placed an order for a child. she was home and happy with her mother and her family until we they selected her for us. reporter: selected her, they say, because they were willing to pay thousands of dollars to adopt namada from uganda. they say they were told by their adoption agency that mada had been orphaned, only to find out
because it was illegally processing guardianship orders and trafficking children. and the ugandan court s finding that namada s mother was lied to. what is unclear is how widespread the alleged trafficking scheme may be. cnn s investigation found it doesn t end with viola and mada. viola s mother is still missing two other daughters who were adopted or sold off to american families. and remarkably, those families are aware they have children that never should have been orphaned, karen riley told us, she s an advocate for ugandan children who runs a group called rey reunite uganda. they are aware of truth, they haven t responded back to me, but they appear to be continuing to live their lives and let the children believe what they have been told and some of it is not true at all. reporter: the davises speak to namada via skype.
randi kaye has part one of our exclusive of kids for sale. this is namada, and this is her with her adopted family in ohio with her adopted family. namada was born here, but in 2015 when she was 5. jessica and adam davis adopted her. they call her mada. the ohio couple already had four children of their own but wanted to take in an orphan. in october 2014, they got the call from their adoption agency, european adoption consultants. what did they tell you? we were told her father was deceased. that she was being severely neglected at home and her mother was leaving her open to abuse. couldn t provide education. never been in school. couldn t provide daily sustenance. they just kept saying this is a mother that does not want her child.
reporter: her name is namada, and this is her in ohio with her adopted family. she was born here in a tiny village in uganda. but in 2015, when she was just 5, jessica and adam davis adopted her. they call her mada. the ohio couple already had four children of their own. but wanted to take in an orphan. in october 2014 they got the call from their adoption agency, european adoption consultants. what did they tell you when they called you about mada. we were told her father was deceased, she was being severely neglected at home, and her mother was leaving her open to abu abuse. couldn t provide an education. never had been in school. didn t provide daily sustenance. they kept saying, this is a mother who does not want her child. it was made clear to you that mada s mother was relinquishing