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Atlanta´s One World Adoption Suspended Over Violations In Congo

Atlanta´s One World Adoption Suspended Over Violations In Congo

An Atlanta-based international adoption agency has been suspended for 90 days by U.S. authorities over allegations it paid bribes and used incorrect papers to adopt children in the Congo.

“One World Adoption Services, founded in 2003, worked with citizens in the United States and Canada interested in adopting babies from Africa, South America and the Caribbean, according to its website,” reports Business Insider.

“They were really left with no choice but to close,” Joel Ferdinand, One World’s attorney, told Reuters.

According to Ferdinand, the non-profit agency will not be financially afford to go three months without making adoptions and it will transfer its 120 pending adoption cases to other agencies.

The agency was suspende due to alleged bribery and false and improper documentation for adoptions in Congo, but One World “unequivocally disputes the allegations,”  Ferdinand said.