In 1998, about 30 children in Sierra Leone, whose parents had sent them to an education center, disappeared. They were taken to the country’s capital for medical examinations, and their parents never saw them again.

Parents … say they only later learned that the children had been adopted by Americans and sent abroad without permission. … In 2004, the center’s director and two of his employees were arrested and charged with conspiracy to violate adoption laws. [Source: The Associated Press]

Those charges were eventually dropped and the case didn’t receive any more attention for over five years. Then, just last month, parents of the missing children began demanding answers. The case has been re-opened and the government is launching a full investigation.

No estimate has been given for when parents can expect to receive answers about what happened to their children.

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