And that's the last I saw of her. I don't know. She's probably abroad now. So at the end of this story I can't tell you we unearthed a set number of illegal adoptions. But I did witness some irregularities and illegalities.
Statistics are hard to come by.
The UK, US and Canadian embassies have tightened up controls by carrying out DNA tests on birth mothers and babies and often interview mothers and take photos. There are attempts to regulate the system and to make it more transparent. And for every sad story there was a happy one. There were some ecstatic adoptive parents and children. Cynthia Westaway and Scott Little are a Canadian couple, both lawyers, both in their 30's.