title: Stolen children and international adoption.
abstract: This article brings the broad picture of international adoptions up to its main locus at present, in this hemisphere, with particular emphasis on Ecuador and illegal operations.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Fieweger
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002670:Child, Abandoned / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007843:Latin America; D013800:Theft / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*