Guatemala is second only to China in the number of children that are adopted by US couples each year, but has the fewest regulations and restrictions in the region. This week, Guatemalan police discovered and rescued 46 children during a raid on a clandestine orphanage in Old Guatemala.

"Although authorities involved in this weekend's bust found paperwork that indicated family members had given the children up for adoption, the papers had not passed through the juvenile court which 'is the correct path for every adoption process,' said [prosecutor general spokesman Carlos] Azurdia."

The US State Department has called the Guatemalan adoption process rife with "conflicts of interest" and "improper financial gain". Read more at TurkishPress.com.

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