For information on black market rings in general:
Finechel caseLarge ringThe Lauers and a lawyer for the agency, Seymour Fenichel, would ultimately face a 144 count indictment that alleged they illegally sold babies to the highest bidder and intimidated birth mothers to falsify birth certificates and go through with adoptions even when they had second thoughts. Also indicted was Fenichel's daughter, attorney Deborah Greenspan. http://abcnews.go.com/US/adoptees-illegal-baby-selling-ring-led-seymour-fenichel/story?id=12886993#.T5B3Udlujs0
Tiffany Stasi case a doorway to world of black-market adoptionsSusan Durham grew up thinking she was born in Phillipsburg, Kan., a small town 60 miles north of Hays. At least that's what her birth certificate said.
But later she learned that wasn't true.
Joe Soll, who lives north of New York City, grew up thinking his birth parents had died in a car crash. At least that's what his adoptive parents told him.
That wasn't true, either.
Both Durham and Soll consider themselves former black-market babies -- people whose adoptions were, in one way or another, illegal.
They can relate to the teen-ager whom Kansas Citians know as Tiffany Stasi. According to Johnson County prosecutors, Tiffany's adoption as an infant 15 years ago not only was illegal but also was facilitated by a man who allegedly killed her mother, Lisa. The adoption paperwork, prosecutors said, was falsified. They have found no evidence an attorney was involved.
Last month, they charged John Edward Robinson Sr. with aggravated interference with parental custody for removing Tiffany from Kansas and concealing her location. A conviction carries a prison sentence of one to five years. Robinson also faces six murder charges and possibly the death penalty.
Tiffany -- who lives in another Midwestern state under her adopted name --learned about her hidden past much sooner than Durham or Soll. Her parents have declined to discuss how they obtained Tiffany, other than to say that they thought the adoption was legal.
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2002 People story on yet another batch of black market babies sold. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20138159,00.html
Augusta, GA suspected black market baby searching, revealing scam. http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/70589432.html
I'm still waiting to hear about this recent case but it sure smells like a black market scheme.