A Nepalese woman who unknowingly signed a document giving her children up for adoption may not be able to get them back, according to a local news report that says illegal trafficking is a major concern in the country.

"Activists are concerned that the lucrative business of inter-country adoption of Nepalese children - with clients from Europe and the USA willing to spend as much as $25,000 per child - increases the risk of abduction, trafficking and the illegal sale of children by children's homes."

While the government is committed to protect children from being illegally adopted, monitoring of adoption agencies and orphanages is sparse. Source: IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks)

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