Tag: corruption
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Launching the Campaign Against Human Trafficking
Originally published on 24 December 2024: Family Court Crisis Announces a Collaboration with PACTPAN – the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network Today, on 24 December 2024, members of PACTPAN, the Pan-African Theology Network, and activists across the globe are launching a new campaign against human trafficking. The launch is timed to coincide with the Catholic… Read more
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How a rural EU court trafficked African children
A cautionary tale about inter country adoption I wrote last week summarising a scandal that rocked Croatia in 2022-23: eight Croatian nationals were arrested in Zambia on child trafficking charges. They were trying to leave the country with children from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”). This is the first article to delve deeper… Read more
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Annihilation of Child Rights in Croatia’s Courts
A cautionary tale on the adoption industry, especially international adoptions In 2023 a scandal rocked Croatia and its neighbouring countries: eight Croatian nationals, all public figures, were arrested in Zambia on child trafficking charges. A former employee of the Croatian intelligence services was revealed to have established a “charity” advising Croatian couples on the process of adopting children from… Read more
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Corruption in Court
A documentary about judicial corruption that highlights the urgent need for accountability On 17 August I was sent a link to a documentary film named “Judicial Mafia” in Croatian, the first part of a trilogy about the criminal Croatian judiciary. The film has not been picked up in the Croatian media space except for a… Read more
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Judicial terrorism in the “family court”
The first Substack post, written by our founder as she was waiting for the outcome of a child custody case where several professionals were under investigation by the Croatian Office for Corruption and Organised Crime The family court crisis is undermining public trust in the entire justice system, laying bare corruption, ineptitude and complete lack… Read more