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Argentina / USA: Facebook, jurisdiction arguments in kidnapping case
A federal prosecutor raised concerns about recent Facebook posts by a man accused of kidnapping his own son 12 years ago, claiming that he has continued to make threats against FBI agents...
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Canada: Mom asks for help after toddler allegedly abducted from B.C.
source A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a Saanich woman who is accused of abducting her two-year-old daughter. On May 14 Tasha Brown contacted Saanich police to report her estranged wife,...
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Tunisia / USA: Cardin presses Tunisian foreign minister on kidnapping case
source Sen. Ben Cardin pressed the Tunisian government on Monday to resolve a years-old, international kidnapping case involving a Maryland family, arguing that returning the child would “demonstrate...
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2016 USA Department of State International Parental Abduction – Reports and Data
US Department of State releases 2016 Compliance Report source The International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act (ICAPRA), signed into law on August 8, 2014, contains provisions that increase...
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USA: Target 9 investigation: Monroe County mother fighting to get her son back
source MONROE COUNTY, Ohio — A Monroe County mother is looking for help on an international level as she seeks to have her 9-year-old son returned home to the United States. “It’s really broken our...
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USA: Abducted 12-year-old WNC girl found when mother runs out of gas,...
source Henderson County, N.C. —The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office said Zoee Bishop-Cantrell, 12, was taken Thursday from Flat Rock Middle School by a noncustodial parent. The girl was found safe in...
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USA: Mat Staver & Liberty Counsel Face Lawsuit For Their Role In The Lisa...
source Last year, we noted that Religious Right activist Philip Zodhiates had been convicted of international parental kidnapping for his role in helping a self-declared former lesbian named Lisa...
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USA: International kidnapping in same-sex custody fight brings 3-year prison...
source Isabella Miller-Jenkins’ journey into the national spotlight began with a car ride to Buffalo when she was 7. It also began with a high-profile, same-sex custody battle and a conspiracy to help...
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‘Predatory fraudster’ says he was also father of abducted child
source A Brooklyn man who conned the mother of an abducted child into giving him thousands of dollars promising he’d lead a rescue mission after lying that he was a former Delta Force member begged...
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Australia: La Trobe Wodonga to host critical forum on needs of children and...
source LA TROBE University will host an education forum aimed at addressing issues in child and family welfare on Friday. Speakers from the North-East region and interstate will be discussing issues...
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USA / Japan: US court rules against soldier, returns baby to Okinawa mom
source CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A 20-month-old girl returned to her Okinawa home from the United States last week — the island’s first child-return case under the Hague Convention on cross-border...
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USA: Con Man Jailed for Preying on Parents of Abducted Children
source A New York man, who conned desperate parents of internationally abducted children into giving him thousands of dollars by falsely telling them he could find and return their youngsters safely,...
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USA: Brooklyn Conman Offered False Hope To Parents Of Kidnapped Children
A man who scammed parents of international kidnapping victims by telling them he could find their children in exchange for payments to his non-profit was sentenced to 36 months in prison yesterday,...
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USA: Founder Of Non-Profit Organization Sentenced To 36 Months In Prison For...
source Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PETER SENESE, the Founding Director of the I CARE Foundation (“I CARE”), a purported...
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USA / Nicaragua: Nicaraguan National Jailed for Kidnapping Scheme
source A Nicaraguan man convicted of conspiracy to commit international parental kidnapping has been sentenced to eight months in prison by a U.S. district judge. Timothy Miller, 40, of Nicaragua,...
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USA / Nicaragua: Nicaraguan Man Sentenced On Kidnapping Charge
source Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of New York BUFFALO, N.Y. – Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Timothy Miller, 40, of Managua,...
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Singapore: New rules to prevent divorcing parents from fleeing Singapore with...
Court proposes new rules to prevent divorcing parents from fleeing Singapore with children source When parents divorce, the children suffer – sometimes to the extent of being spirited out of Singapore...
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Mission worker sentenced in international kidnapping case
source One of three people who helped a former lesbian kidnap her daughter and take her to Nicaragua was sentenced March 23 to time served and a year of probation. The Buffalo News reports Amish...
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UK: Domestic Child Abduction – Legal Responses Edward Devereux QC, Dr Rob...
source It is not unusual in a domestic private law children case to be faced with a scenario where: (i) prior to any proceedings commencing, one parent decamps with the child to another part of the...
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USA: SMITH: Use Goldman Act to bring abducted children home
source Tonight, millions of Americans will kiss their child good night and fall asleep knowing that they will be able to do the same tomorrow. Unfortunately, for an alarming number of parents, this...
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