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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-07-10 01:34 PM
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Exploitation of Haitian Children Increases,
Source: UPI

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Haiti's earthquake has increased the risk of some orphanages being used as providers of child servants and sex slaves, authorities said.

The problems of Haiti's overwhelmed child welfare system have intensified since the quake, with suspect orphanages exploiting children through organized criminal networks, The New York Times reported Sunday.

The quake drove hundreds of thousands of people from their damaged homes, with many families surrendering children to orphanages ranging from well-equipped buildings with international financing to one-room shacks.

The arrest last weekend of 10 U.S. citizens trying to leave Haiti with 33 children focused attention on the issue. While there is no evidence the Americans intended harm, their case showed how it easy it was for children to be rounded up and taken away, the Times said.

"There are many so-called orphanages that have opened in the last couple of years that are not really orphanages at all," said Frantz Thermilus, the chief of Haiti's National Judicial Police.

more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/02/07/Exploitation-of-Haitian-children-increases/UPI-88481265556300/
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-07-10 01:40 PM
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1. There are way too many Americans posing as Christians
who are out to make money of the poor. I would shoot some of them on sight.
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-07-10 01:44 PM
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2. I'm Sure the Ultra Wealthy believe Tearing children away is a good thing too
sick elitist bastards.
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