Irish agency opening in Vietnam to prevent illegal adoption

THE Irish Adoption Board is to set up a mediation agency in Vietnam to ensure that couples here do not get unwittingly involved in Tristan Dowse-style illegal adoptions in the Far East.

The not-for-profit registered organisation will begin its work in Vietnam shortly.

Its existence should ensure illegal adoptions to Ireland cannot take place in that country as couples will avoid having to contact unscrupulous ‘middle men’ or baby brokers.