U.S. citizens arrested for their involvement in a suspected illegal adoption scheme pose in a judicial police station in Port-au-Prince January 31, 2010. Haitian police have arrested 10 U.S. citizens caught trying to take 33 children out of the earthquake-stricken country in a suspected illicit adoption scheme, authorities said on Saturday. There are fears that traffickers could try to exploit the chaos and turmoil following Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake to engage in illegal adoptions. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 24 months ago

U.S. citizens arrested for their involvement in a suspected illegal adoption scheme pose in a judicial police station in Port-au-Prince January 31, 2010. Haitian police have arrested 10 U.S. citizens caught trying to take 33 children out of the earthquake-stricken country in a suspected illicit adoption scheme, authorities said on Saturday. There are fears that traffickers could try to exploit the chaos and turmoil following Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake to engage in illegal adoptions.

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