rocess. Generally, an individual sets up in business, primarily working with a population that is in crisis, such as Romania, or Guatemala, to obtain children for couples who wish to have them. These couples may or may not be appropriate adoption candidates according to the usual adoption agency criteria. They may have already tried to work with adoption agencies. In most instances, they have considerable money.
The baby seller generally works with a poor and exploited population, obtaining children from mothers who are unable to support their families, and from young unwed women who are about to have children. The baby seller pays a fee to the mother, which does not happen with adoption agencies, and charges a larger fee to the couple obtaining the child.
1. Differences in obtaining parental rights;
3. Fees for service or fees for the child;
4. Bureaucracy/government ties vs. lone wolf operations;
5. Screening of prospective parents;
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