60 Minutes crew detained in Beirut paid $120,000 to a child recovery agency...
April 7, 2016 Source: dailymail.co.uk 60 Minutes crew detained in Beirut paid $120,000 to a child recovery agency which ‘faked’ success stories on Facebook and whose operators have been arrested around...
View ArticleBeirut police arrest Australian mother and TV crew on kidnapping suspicion
April 7, 2016 Source: theguardian.com An Australian woman who allegedly orchestrated the abduction of her children from their Lebanese father, and an Australian TV crew who police believe were there to...
View ArticleKaren Nettleton fails to bring Sharrouf grandchildren back to Australia from...
April 8, 2016 Source: dailytelegraph.com COUNTER-terorism police today detained Sydney woman Karen Nettleton after she arrived home from Turkey in a failed bid to rescue her grandchildren from an...
View ArticleIndiana mom awarded $1.17 million after son’s kidnapping
April 10, 2016 Source: indystar.com Alissa Zagaris of Noblesville, Ind., was once embroiled in an international custody fight for her son, Leo, that captured many Hoosiers’ attention and led to...
View ArticleBeirut kidnap – The father knew they were coming
April 10, 2016 Source: the new daily Nine ‘paid’ $115,000 for botched abduction 60 Minutes reporter Tara Brown and Aussie mum shackled together with handcuffs. Concern is mounting for an Australian...
View ArticleBeirut kidnap plot: Australian mother Sally Faulkner could be freed on Monday
April 14, 2016 Source: theguardian.com An Australian mother accused of attempting to kidnap her children in Beirut may be released on bail as early as Monday if a reconciliation agreement is reached...
View ArticleTwo years after Japan signed Hague, children have been returned but old...
April 17, 2016 Source: japantimes.co.jp ‘What brand of Champagne did you drink?” The lawyer delivered the question with a dramatic flourish, and I suppose it was a reasonable question to ask, even if...
View Article60 Minutes: Nine paid me in two instalments, says Beirut snatch planner Adam...
April 17, 2016 Source: The Australian Adam Whittington, the chief planner of the failed abduction of Sally Faulkner’s children, is poised to present documentary evidence to a Beirut court today that...
View ArticleParents of abducted kids seek justice from US President Barack Obama
April 20, 2016 Source: oneindia.com Washington, Apr 20: Parents of abducted kids, including Indian-Americans, will converge in the US capital this week to meet lawmakers and hold a candle light vigil...
View ArticleTara Brown and 60 Minutes crew released on bail after paying compensation...
April 20, 2016 Source: dailymail.co.uk Tara Brown and 60 Minutes crew released on bail after paying compensation over botched child abduction – as Sally Faulkner reaches a deal with her estranged...
View ArticleAshland family fighting to allow children to leave New Zealand
April 25, 2016 Source: dailytidings.com Sandra Sawyer has not hugged her grandchildren or kissed their faces in four years. She says the two children, 9 and 11, are “hostages” of New Zealand. Their...
View Article60 ‘stolen’ custody kids stuck overseas last year
April 25, 2016 Source: The Australian Fewer than half of the 114 children taken from Australia during custody disputes in the past financial year have been returned, despite appropriate action having...
View ArticleGreenfield woman charged with international parental kidnapping
May 2, 2016 Source: http://triblive.com A Greenfield woman who disappeared with her daughter in March has been arrested in Ottawa, Canada, and is currently awaiting extradition on a charge of...
View ArticlePolice issue Amber Alert in maternal kidnapping in Colorado Springs
May 5, 2016 Source: denverpost.com Colorado Springs police have issued an Amber Alert for a missing 7-year-old girl. Sgt. Joel Kern, a spokesman for the Colorado Springs Police Department, said police...
View ArticleCarrick man Hopkins finds son who vanished with mum in US three years ago but...
May 20, 2016 Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk He’s all alone and we just want him home, says anxious father. In July 2013, John Hopkins stood waiting at the airport for his wife and nine-year-old son to...
View ArticleMy nine years in hell while dad fought for the right to see me
May 24, 2016 Source: plymouthherald.co.uk Like most teenagers, Rosy Stanesby has unblinking, confident opinions on how the world should be, and fragile moments when the tears come readily. The...
View ArticleParental abductions: 70 per cent of children suffer significant mental health...
May 24, 2016 Source: abc.net.au The fallout from the 60 Minutes child recovery saga in Lebanon last month has highlighted the consequences of parental abduction, but little is known about the impact on...
View ArticleAngie Vu spends her birthday in jail on parental kidnapping charges
June 3, 2016 Source: nydailynews.com Call it a windowless room with a Vu. It’s model/DJ Angie Vu’s birthday, but she isn’t partying. Asia’s sexiest deejay turned 33 on Wednesday at the Metropolitan...
View ArticleTara Brown, 60 Minutes crew still face jail in Lebanon over abduction
June 3, 2016 Source: theaustralian.com.au Tara Brown and her 60 Minutes colleagues will likely face the same criminal charges in Lebanon as child retrieval expert Adam Whittington and his team, which...
View ArticleMy daughters were abducted to Dubai – and I won them back under Sharia Law
June 5, 2016 Source: sbs.com.au/ Michelle’s daughters were both under four when their father abducted them to Dubai. She describes her monumental effort over five years to win them back in a foreign...
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