Norway / Cyprus: Mum leaves Cyprus for Norway to reunite with kidnapped daughter
source BREAKING A CYPRIOT mother is heading to Norway to be reunited with her daughter who was kidnapped by her estranged father earlier this year. The father, Torkel Grimsrud, 48, abducted his...
View ArticleLebanon: Chatham, Ont. mother pleads for return of children husband took to...
Jolly Bimbachi’s husband took her children to Lebanon for a visit, but refuses to return source Jolly Bimbachi kissed her two sons goodbye as they set out for a month-long trip to Lebanon with their...
View ArticleCyprus / Norway: Kidnapped girl back with mother as police promote...
source Kidnapped four-year-old Marie Eleni Grimsrud was in her mother’s arms on Tuesday one day after she was handed over by her father to authorities in Norway as Cyprus police spokesman said the...
View ArticleEthiopia: Cries of joy after abducted child reunites with parents
source Biniyam was only 5 when armed men abducted him from a traditional gold mining site in Gambella, Ethiopia and taken to war-torn South Sudan. His mother tried to stop the kidnapping but was shot...
View ArticleCan airlines keep grandparents from flying overseas with grandkids?
source QUESTION: Does an airline have the authority to deny grandparents and grandkids traveling together the right to board an international flight if they don’t have a letter from the kid’s parents...
View ArticleIndia: Hague convention on child abduction: India must not sign this flawed...
Factoring the ‘best interest of the child’ and safety of the mother in a foreign land in an abusive relationship, India must not sign the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction source The...
View ArticleUSA: Prince George’s Co. man sentenced for international parental kidnapping
source WASHINGTON — A Prince George’s County man, who took his two young children away from their mother and fled to Tunisia in 2011, has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for international...
View ArticleUSA: National Guard Can Do More at the Border
By most accounts, National Guard deployment at the border has been an asset to U.S. Border Patrol operations. With some commonsense adjustments, the Guard could be more useful. Since Operation...
View ArticleUSA/Algeria: Federal kidnapping charge filed against French national for...
BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed federal kidnapping charges against a French national who last month defied a judge’s orders and fled the country with his 3-year-old child without the...
View ArticleUSA: Fair Play police chief finds missing children during traffic stop
http://www.ky3.com/templates/2015_Sub_Video_Share?contentObj=490663061 FAIR PLAY, Mo A routine traffic stop in Fair Play quickly turned into much more when three missing children were spotted in the...
View ArticleIndia: Still Open To Signing The Hague Treaty On Child Abduction: Maneka Gandhi
The Hague Convention is a multilateral treaty that seeks to protect children from the harmful effects of abduction and retention across international boundaries by providing a procedure to bring about...
View ArticleUK/Czech Rep: ‘My ex secretly took our child out of the country’
A mother from Yorkshire has spent 18 months fighting for access to her daughter, who was taken abroad by her ex. Custody battles are always stressful and dealing with foreign courts and lawyers adds...
View ArticleUSA: Judge in accused kidnapper’s trial removed from all criminal cases
URBANA — A federal judge involved in one of the area’s highest-profile criminal cases has been removed from hearing it, as well as other criminal cases involving the U.S.Attorney’s Office. U.S....
View ArticleBelgium: New passenger checks catch 834 wanted criminals
“…and 18 victims of parental abduction.” A new system of screening airline passengers flying out of Belgium has netted 834 wanted criminals since it was introduced in April, according to the federal...
View ArticleEU: Autistic teen, 13, kicked off Ryanair flight because staff didn’t think...
An autistic teenage girl was kicked off a flight by Ryanair staff thinking she was unaccompanied – despite being with uncles, cousins and her godmother. Michelle Maddock, 32, said her distraught...
View ArticleUSA: Parental Kidnapping: Dad Accused Of Abducting 4 Montgomery Kids
The father, who does not have custody, took the children to South Carolina and threatened not to return them, police said. MONTGOMERY, POLICE — U.S. Marshals helped apprehend a father accused of...
View ArticleUK: The rules you need to know about taking children on holiday abroad
A 13-year-old girl was recently booted off a flight With the summer holidays coming to an end, for some it is the last chance to book a last-minute family holiday before the kids go back to school....
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