tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46041463593772345162024-03-05T15:17:21.007-08:00Peter Thomas Senese's CHASING THE CYCLONE - A Call To ArmsPeter Thomas Senese's critically acclaimed novel 'Chasing The Cyclone' has been hailed by readers and critics alike as a call-to-arms against international parental child abduction as well as a book of miracles and heroes. 'Chasing The Cyclone' has not only been critically reviewed in the literary community, but has entertained and educated readers around the world about the pandemic known as international parental child abduction. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-39336853275953159622014-12-04T12:17:00.000-08:002014-12-04T12:17:19.840-08:00 Как предотвратить Международный Родительский Похищение ребенка при поездках в Россию <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">
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На русском языке появилась <a href="http://theicarefoundation.org/international-travel-child-consent-form/" style="color: #1772af; text-decoration: none;">Форма согласия на поездку ребенка за границу фонда I CARE</a>, которая была создана для предотвращения международного похищения детей родителями, то есть для ситуаций, когда ребенок незаконно удерживается одним из родителей в другой стране. В данной форме согласия на поездку затрагиваются ключевые правовые вопросы, связанные с Гаагской Конвенцией о похищении детей 1980 года. Кроме того, для судов по всему миру, которым поручен надзор за потенциальными случаями похищения детей родителями, связанными со странами, в которых говорят по-русски, данная форма представляет собой уникальный, общепризнанный по всему миру и применяемый судами инструмент предупреждения похищения, широко поддерживаемый международными юридическими, дипломатическими и судебными сообществами, которым хорошо знакома проблема международного похищения детей родителями.</div>
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В ходе обширного исследования фонда I CARE, проведенного летом 2014 года, были опрошены сотни адвокатов и судей со всего мира, которые прекрасно разбираются в вопросах международного похищения детей родителями. Результаты этого исследования показали, что более 70% всех международных похищений детей родителями в девяносто четырех странах-членах, подписавших Гаагскую конвенцию о похищении детей 1980 года, происходят, когда один из родителей неправомерно удерживает ребенка за границей без согласия другого родителя ребенка или решения суда, нарушая тем самым право опеки оставшегося в другой стране родителя и право ребенка на общение с пострадавшим родителем. По итогам исследования также был сделан вывод о том, что в подавляющем большинстве случаев незаконного удержания, как оно определяется в Гаагской конвенции о похищении детей 1980 года, похищающий родитель часто использует средства защиты от обвинений в похищении, содержащиеся в статьях 12 и 13 Гаагской конвенции, в надежде, что суд, расположенный в стране незаконного удержания ребенка, санкционирует его действия и не вернет ребенка в страну их первоначальной юрисдикции.</div>
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Генеральный секретарь Гаагского постоянного бюро доктор Кристоф Бернаскони заявил перед сотнями адвокатов, которые собрались на конференцию «Юристы Европы о похищении детей родителями», состоявшуюся во Дворце мира в Гааге в начале весны 2014 года, и на конференцию Международной академии адвокатов по супружеским отношениям в Нью-Йорке в конце весны 2014 года, о том, что форма согласия на поездку фонда I CARE превосходно составлена, и с нее стоит брать пример, а также что она является исключительно полезным инструментом профилактики похищения детей, который следует использовать при поездках детей за границу. Кроме того, представители Гаагского постоянного бюро выступили на Гаагском симпозиуме Ассоциации адвокатов Саппоро в городе Саппоро, Япония. На этом форуме, который посетило множество адвокатов по семейному праву, они рассказали об исключительной полезности формы согласия на поездку фонда I CARE.</div>
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Ранее генеральный секретарь Гаагского постоянного бюро Бернаскони заявил: <em>«Мне представилась возможность ознакомиться с формой согласия на поездку, и я должен сказать, что впечатлен: это наиболее полный документ такого рода из тех, которые я видел до сих пор, и у меня не возникло ни тени сомнения, что это исключительно ценная и важная мера по предотвращению похищения детей. Я приветствую ваши усилия и хотел бы поздравить вас и ваш коллектив… Действительно впечатляет то, как быстро ваша форма согласия на международные поездки ребенка начала приносить практические результаты и насколько хорошо вы контролируете ее применение — это на самом деле замечательно».</em></div>
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Важное значение формы согласия на поездку фонда I CARE уже было продемонстрировано в большом количестве случаев международных поездок детей, которые были успешно осуществлены с ее использованием. Мы продолжаем наблюдать, какую важную роль эта форма согласия, основанная на Гаагской конвенции, играет на глобальной арене в деле предотвращения международного похищения детей. Мы по-прежнему сохраняем оптимизм и надеемся, что темпы международного похищения детей родителями существенно снизятся благодаря использованию формы согласия на поездки, основанной на Гаагской конвенции. Наше масштабное исследование показывает, что более 70% всех международных похищений детей происходят, когда ребенок незаконно удерживается за границей, — именно от этого сценария похищения детей родителями наша форма согласия на поездку успешно защищает.</div>
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Создание и использование нашей формы согласия на поездку является довольно простым: дети имеют право познавать все прелести жизни и жить в мире, не беспокоясь о возможности похищения родителями. А родители, пострадавшие от похищения, имеют право на защиту их детей от похищения, которую должно им предоставить общество. Мы верим в эти права. Мы продолжаем работать, сохраняя преданность своему делу.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-43721411603478776322014-07-17T13:08:00.000-07:002014-07-21T11:13:03.867-07:00Grave Risks To Left-Behind Parents of International Child Abduction Include Murder, Assault, Death Threats, Identity Theft - and Tragic Circumstances<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Left behind parents of international child abduction face extreme and at times deadly risks when they attempt to reunite with their internationally kidnapped child under the auspices of a court order or when a legal arm of justice has no reach due to diluted, contradictory, or non-existent international law dealing with international child abduction. In less than one month's time, the community of left behind parents lost two more parents (fathers) who were in the process of reuniting with their abducted children. The I CARE Foundation would like to express our deepest sympathies to families and friends of both fathers after such terrible tragedies.
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The deaths of these fathers - one a murder and one an accident - should not have happened and would not have occurred if their children had not been abducted. Responsibility in great part of these two tragic events undeniably falls on the international legal community at large that does not expedite the severity of international child abduction, and as demonstrated in the tragedy of Mr. Mattoni - countries such as the Philippines still have not acted responsibly and joined the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention. Let me make this clear - the deaths of Mr. Exposito Moreno and Mr. Mattoni should not have occurred. But there is more - the reality is that so many left behind parents who have their children kidnapped abroad have their lives threatened. These threats are not rare but are actually the norm. As a society we must not accept either a child's international abduction or the very real threats aimed at targeted parents of abduction. This is an outrage!
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The gravity of the hardships chasing parents face in the wake of their child's parental abduction are far from isolated incidences. Left behind parents are at often victims of murder, death threats (including threats to family members), tragic accidents, assaults, false allegations of abuse and/or assault, identity theft, slander, financial theft, and anything else that will assist the parental child kidnapper in getting away with their act of kidnapping. The reality is left behind parents not only have to deal with the fact that their child has been internationally kidnapped, but that their life is under attack by their child's other parent - the child's kidnapper.
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The <a href="http://theicarefoundation.org/" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation</a> has repeatedly stated there are typically two victims when it comes to international parental child abduction: the victimized, kidnapped child and the left behind parent.
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Rightfully, society's primary attention focuses on the kidnapped child; however, for too long we have not addressed the real dangers that left behind parents, chasing into the darkest storms face in the wake of their child's abduction.
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Make no mistake, the journey that chasing parents, left in the wake of their son's or daughter's international child kidnapping face, are extreme in every possible sense.
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On June 25, 2014 <a href="http://internationalparentalchildabduciton.blogspot.com/2014/06/murder-reality-of-international.html">Domingo Exposito Moreno</a><span style="background: white;">, age 32 and a resident of Spain's Andalusian town of Fuengirola was shot five times by a hooded gunman while sitting in a car awaiting his attorney's arrival in the southern Argentina's Patagonian City of Comodoro. Domingo Exposito Moreno was a left-behind parent who endured a prolonged four years international child abduction litigation case under the <a href="http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=text.display&tid=21">1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention</a>. </span><br />
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The Argentinian court had ordered he would be able to bring his six-year old daughter home after she had been abducted by her mother and taken from Spain to Argentina. Previous to his murder, Domingo Exposito Moreno had made complained to Argentinian authorities that he had been receiving death threats via social media forums. Tragically, local law enforcement failed to act on his complaints. More than likely law enforcement did not take his concerns seriously and more than likely wrongfully viewed his concerns as a banter commonly associated with divorce and child custody cases as opposed to the reality that his case was in fact a child kidnapping case. An expected march is scheduled for July 25th, 2014 in Comodoro to commemorate Domingo's murder and remind the world that international parental child abduction is a dangerous crime against both child and targeted parent.
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July 12, 2014 New York City resident <a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?pid=171748337">Frank Mattoni</a> died after being involved in a motorcycle accident while in the Philippines while attempting to reunite with his internationally kidnapped daughter Kayla. Having seen numerous court documents and exhibits that were presented to the New York State Supreme Court, Frank Mattoni claimed the child's mother Sheila Digon Castillo had taken the child to the Philippines right after the child's birth nearly 10 years ago. The court documents Frank Mattoni presented to the New York State court stated that once he ended the relationship with Sheila Digon Castillo, Ms. Castillo never informed him that she was pregnant, nor, did she inform him until several years later that he was a father.
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Instead of sharing with Frank Mattoni that she was pregnant, Ms. Castillo decided it would be better for the child not to have a relationship with her father (Frank), and as Ms. Castillo was focused on advancing her career as a nurse in New York City, she decided to bring the child to the Philippines so she could be raised by her relatives. These details were unknown to Frank as he did not know he had a daughter born and raised for the first three months of her life on Manhattan's Upper East Side. According to Frank Mattoni (and extensive court documents and evidence presented into New York State's Supreme Court), Sheila Digon Castillo contacted Frank on his birthday several years ago after not contacting him since Frank ended his relationship with Sheila (in court documents presented by both parties, there were no claims of abuse made against Frank) and told him that she and his daughter wish him a happy birthday. He was told that his daughter's name was Kayla (who looks so much like Frank), and that she was living in the Philippines.
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That day was the first time Frank ever knew he had a daughter. Frank was a wonderful man and this news, about having a daughter, clearly brought such incredible joy to his life.
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Soon after, Frank arranged for Sheila to travel to the Philippines and pick up Kayla in order to bring her back to the United States. So Frank eventually got to meet his beautiful daughter, and with that he quickly stepped into the role of being a proud father, which was evidenced by the hours and hours of videos and pictures I personally viewed.
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Obviously and rightfully so, Frank had serious trust issues concerning Sheila - how could he not when this was a person who would deny their child the love of their father, especially since Frank was a good man. So one day, and unknown to Sheila, Frank took Kayla to the hospital to have both of their DNA tested. Sure enough, Kayla was indeed Frank's daughter. And as he told me, "It was one of the greatest days of my life ... just knowing. The greatest day was when I looked at my daughter for the first time: I knew she was my daughter."
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During the near month that Kayla was in the United States, Frank welcomed Sheila and Kayla into his extended family. The pictures and videos I have witnessed showed a young girl ... finally coming home ... and a father who simply loved her and was willing to do anything possible in a cooperative, co-parenting way for Kayla's sake.
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In order to have a voice in Kayla's life, Frank knew that he needed to seek the assistance of the courts. As he told me, he had some real concerns that Sheila was perhaps not telling him the truth when it came to co-parenting Kayla. So he sought relief and assistance from the New York State Supreme Court which at the time had jurisdiction over Kayla while she was in New York.
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Unfortunately, Frank was unable to serve Sheila with his court papers before she whisked the child back to the Philippines and out of the reach of the New York State Supreme Court. New York state no longer had jurisdiction because Kayla was no longer living in New York, nor had she been there for the required period of time that would have allowed the state's courts long-arm reach regarding jurisdiction... all this despite the fact that Ms. Castillo lived in New York and only one mile away from Frank!
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Even with the DNA evidence that Frank had, proving that Kayla was his daughter, this evidence meant nothing in New York. Frank put forth real efforts, which revolved solely around the best interest of his daughter in a co-parenting light, to resolve this matter. However, I witnessed on many occasions the telephone calls, emails, etc from Frank that went unanswered. Eventually, Frank left New York and went to the Philippines in an effort to reunite with his daughter, Kayla, who truly meant everything in the world to him. And I do mean, everything.
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Tragically, during his efforts to reunite with his daughter, he passed away after being involved in a motorcycle accident. His death will be felt by so many individuals that knew and cared for Frank. Sadly, his daughter Kayla will only know a part of the loving father he was.
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And should one day Kayla Castillo Mattoni ever read this, Kayla I hope you know just how much your father loved you. You brought such joy and happiness to his life. One day I hope you are able to obtain the United States of America flag that was flown over the United States Capitol in your father's honor, along with the accompanying citation in your name, that I presented to him.
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Once again, the hard reality that the Philippines is not a member of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention further demonstrates, as in Frank Mattoni's case, how a loving parent has limited options available to them outside of traveling to the foreign country and attempting to reunite with the child overseas. The challenges Frank faced trying to reunite with his daughter are not uncommon.
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Sadly, even the best of efforts to reunite a child with their left behind parent can often fail. The hard truth is that international parental child abduction law is complex - and growing more complicated with each day as exemplified by a widened acceptance of Article 13(1) defenses under the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention.
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To put it as simple as possible - the vast majority of children around the world do not come home because the systems we use do not work effectively, or the systems we expect to exist to help children and parents of abduction simply do not exist.
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The tragic deaths of Domingo Exposito Moreno and Frank Mattoni - though different - exemplify the risks left behind parents face. These tragedies are not uncommon, nor are the real death threats and other formidable acts left behind parents have to face.
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Today, I am happy to share that the U.S. Senate passed <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr3212/text">Senate Resolution 2509</a>. This is a very big deal in the fight to protect American children and their targeted parents from abduction.
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With approximately 20% of American children abducted to Hague signatory countries being court ordered to be returned home, and approximately 11% of American children abducted to non-Hague signatory countries being court ordered by a foreign court to be returned to the United States, it is imperative that judges everywhere realize that the reality is that the most left behind parents will never reunite with their abducted child. In the meantime, the risks and peril they face are extreme.
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The key to protecting children from international parental child abduction is to prevent it from happening. Since the I CARE Foundation's inception, the <a href="http://ops_15_.html/">U.S. child abduction rate has declined over the past four years by 38.06%</a>.
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May God look over the souls of Domingo Exposito Moreno and Frank Mattoni while also protecting the lives of these two fathers' daughters.
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On behalf of The <a href="http://www.theicarefoundation.org/">I CARE Foundation</a>,
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-14526938223819343622014-05-23T15:52:00.000-07:002014-11-15T09:15:18.341-08:00Peter Thomas Senese - U.S. Outbound International Child Abduction Rate Drops By 12.23% In 2013, 38.06% Decline Since 2009 <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em>The United States reported cases of outbound international parental child abduction declined by 12.23% according to statistics supplied to the United States Congress by the United States Department of State. The drop in the abduction rate marks the fourth consecutive year the number of American children victimized by international child abduction has declined. During fiscal years 2009 through 2013 the total abduction rate has declined by 38.06%. The reported drop in American child kidnappings is an anomaly in comparison to the existing worldwide growth of international parental child abduction cases that is nothing short of a pandemic. </em></span><br /><em><span style="color: #0b5394;"></span></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjciQ8z5TxgX2Xw-Q4_3WnSdlVSUD7_cDy7FMXP7jO2snTeZ3P-MivNQBsjelZhEyAkgYh1Qxb6oYAQC8dxZgdxA8zBgrQEMJo6_3xsC3pWR8GnaQv9olc9XMq8bJy8r1CUxpMR9CIyz0Q/s1600/Abduction-Rates-Decline3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjciQ8z5TxgX2Xw-Q4_3WnSdlVSUD7_cDy7FMXP7jO2snTeZ3P-MivNQBsjelZhEyAkgYh1Qxb6oYAQC8dxZgdxA8zBgrQEMJo6_3xsC3pWR8GnaQv9olc9XMq8bJy8r1CUxpMR9CIyz0Q/s1600/Abduction-Rates-Decline3.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em>On behalf of my I CARE Foundation colleagues and the families around the world we have assisted, I would personally like to acknowledge all individuals who have worked to protect children from abduction. I would also like to acknowledge the remarkable efforts and leadership in the area of governmental advocacy displayed by the United States Department of State's Office of Childrens Issues, who, over the past three years in particular have made great strides in protecting American children from abduction. There is a reason why American children are being protected, and it begins with the Office of Childrens Issues. </em></span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em>Additionally, the effort to protect children includes the many stakeholders, including other non-government organizations and their respective teams who have worked tirelessly to protect children and targeted families. It has only been through a collective effort by all advocates that the mountain of abduction here in the United States continues to be pushed back.</em></span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em>Finally, I would like to acknowledge all my colleagues at the I CARE Foundation around the world for the tireless efforts that have been put forth over the years since we actively began working to protect children from kidnapping. It is not coincidental that since we began our work to protect children from abduction that there has been a four-year consecutive decline equating to a 38.06% reduction in the United States international child abduction rate.</em></span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em>We acknowledge the 12.23% decline in the outbound abduction rate of American children that took place in 2013. However, truth is that this is not enough. Far from it. Additionally, there is a pandemic occurring worldwide that is destroying innocence. And it must be stopped.</em></span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em>There is work to be done.</em></span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em>Peter Thomas Senese</em></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em>On Behalf Of The I CARE Foundation</em></span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>THE I CARE FOUNDATION</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Report on Internationa</b><b>l Parental Child Abduction </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>In The United States Of America</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>“</b><b>International Parental Child Abduction Today – 201</b><b>4”</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Written By</div><div style="text-align: center;">Peter Thomas Senese</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Issued On May 23rd, 2014</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>United States Reported Outbound Child Abduction Rate Drops By 12.23 %</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The 2013 reported number of outbound cases and actual number of reported child victims of international parental child abduction originating from the United States has significantly declined during 2013. Remarkably, this is the fourth consecutive year in a row (reporting years 2009-2013) that the United States international parental child abduction outbound rate has declined. According to the 2014 Department of State’s Hague Compliance Report to Congress, there was a 12.23% decline in the actual number of reported child victims of international parental kidnapping representing a reduction of 140 children. In addition, there was a 12.14% decline in the number of reported cases of abduction representing a caseload decline of 97 cases. The decline in the reported cases and number of child victims being removed from the United States is an anomaly: worldwide the vast majority of countries reporting incidents of international parental child abduction as defined by the <a href="http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=24" target="_blank">1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention</a> continues to surge at pandemic rates, with the average annual child abduction growth rate forecasted at over 20% per year. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite the significant decline in the reported outbound decline in the abduction rate of American children originating from the United States, we caution that international parental child abduction (herein referred to as ‘IPCA’) remains a severe, highly abusive, and potentially deadly crime that targets thousands of American children and hundreds of thousands of children around the world each year. The fact remains that IPCA is a highly abusive criminal act against a child that places the child in great physical and emotional danger, and could jeopardize the child’s life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the United States and abroad our reality remains child-citizens continue to be criminally kidnapped, illegally removed overseas, and wrongfully detained in foreign countries in shocking numbers by their non-custodial parent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The significance in the 12.23% decline in individual cases of IPCA during 2013 should not be minimized, nor should the remarkable 38.06% reported decline in the number of reported individual outbound cases originating from the United States over the past four reporting years (2009-2013). In fact, statistically these are remarkable gains and exemplify the tremendous leadership and dedication first and foremost demonstrated by the Department of State’s Office of Children’s Issues, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice combined with a collective array of child abduction prevention stakeholders who have had a significant impact not only raising awareness amongst potentially targeted families of abduction, but who have created or helped create new laws, policies, or protocols capable of stopping international parental child abduction.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The fact the United States IPCA rate continues to decline despite heavily contradicting global trends found in other nations combined with increases in the population, including growth amongst the immigration migration sector, clearly indicates the immense efforts put forth by stakeholders working to stop child abduction is working. Nevertheless, there is a great deal that can and must be done to better protect at-risk children while also increasing efforts to reunite abducted children.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On a sober note, we acknowledge that fewer child victims of IPCA come home to their country of original jurisdiction and the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention process is taking longer than in previous years. Neither the failure to return children or the long delay times related to litigation are country specific: these are internal issues for every country and are not specific challenges faced solely by American citizens, but by all left behind parents. Thus, we re-emphasize our belief that the most efficient way to protect a child from IPCA is to prevent their abduction from occurring.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A look at the previous years statistics tells a compelling child abduction prevention effort taking place in the United States of America.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="2009-2013_CasesChildren_AbductionDecline" class="aligncenter wp-image-701" src="http://theicarefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2009-2013_CasesChildren_AbductionDecline-1024x453.jpg" height="283" width="640" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Specifically,<b> </b>during 2013 there were a total of 702 reported cases of international parental child abduction representing 1004 children. Previously, during 2012 there were 799 reported international parental child abduction cases filed with the United States Central Authority representing a total of 1,144 children. In 2011 there were a total of 941 reported international parental child abduction cases filed with the United States Central Authority, representing a total of 1,367 children. In 2010 there were 1022 reported cases of international parental child abduction representing 1,492 children. And in 2009 there were 1,135 cases of international parental child abduction representing 1,621 children.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When considering previous extensive growth in the United States reported outbound cases of IPCA coupled with the reality that cross-border child abduction continues to surge worldwide, the decline in the outbound abduction rate of American children is noteworthy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In fact, the reported number of individual child victims of IPCA declined in 2010 by 8% (1,492 child victims from 1,621 child victims reported in 2009), 8.49% in 2011 (1,367 children), to a landmark decline of 16.3% in 2012 (1,144 children), followed by a 12.23% drop in 2013 (1,004 child victims).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These statistical declines become more apparent when viewing the years collectively. For example, there was a 38.06% decline in the reported outbound IPCA rate over the five-year period of 2009 through 2013. During this five-year period, the number of reported child victims of IPCA declined from 1,621 in 2009 to 1,004 child victims in 2013. This represents a differential gain of 617 children who were protected from IPCA during 2013 in comparison to 2009. In addition, for the same reporting period there was a 38.15% decline in the number of reported family cases of IPCA (Note: a family case may consist of one or more children) representing a remarkable drop of 433 reported cases over the five-year period.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztNiKU8ldrAEh48NmdLGhaRmtAQfAABcBdoe7PS_tsXdfTR1Imfb4iOYY_fcRNrSd6nKztCVYcVkbRjHWsrph9n7jM_h31psayi8am9WouSrIUpx9py9LeC1W-066DvpFPiVWHuM3-vQ/s1600/2009-2013_PercentageDecline_cases.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztNiKU8ldrAEh48NmdLGhaRmtAQfAABcBdoe7PS_tsXdfTR1Imfb4iOYY_fcRNrSd6nKztCVYcVkbRjHWsrph9n7jM_h31psayi8am9WouSrIUpx9py9LeC1W-066DvpFPiVWHuM3-vQ/s1600/2009-2013_PercentageDecline_cases.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyI70UJqGGrC1z8iv4T5HUvmI2Iw7hnP01Jy6Pq1ejIH1-uCqEYo4T4CKjRceARzYwsKo0Q5LjQd2K4uNVzBhMMUobelmXMvL59EhIwdOit-MwtQIrAnVnwuoxCp75lIJrTCQvxzhl_M/s1600/2009-2013_PercentageDecline_children.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyI70UJqGGrC1z8iv4T5HUvmI2Iw7hnP01Jy6Pq1ejIH1-uCqEYo4T4CKjRceARzYwsKo0Q5LjQd2K4uNVzBhMMUobelmXMvL59EhIwdOit-MwtQIrAnVnwuoxCp75lIJrTCQvxzhl_M/s1600/2009-2013_PercentageDecline_children.jpg" height="296" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">A comparative chart below provides further insight on the efforts to protect American children from IPCA taking place in the United States.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68nfHe7-qEjF8QyAFuaQ0F6HzdBNpabDxYr6IdEVnFeqNtYKoQjOOTv_DeRwXVE_CR4-XfOFuhnYYcAsk0WX-FHy5IY9-mCDZ0Y7CWKfjbKOSEvLTx7_WDod7TJg-ep0XTNNrkgTxlqs/s1600/2009-2013_IPCA_selectYear_Comparison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68nfHe7-qEjF8QyAFuaQ0F6HzdBNpabDxYr6IdEVnFeqNtYKoQjOOTv_DeRwXVE_CR4-XfOFuhnYYcAsk0WX-FHy5IY9-mCDZ0Y7CWKfjbKOSEvLTx7_WDod7TJg-ep0XTNNrkgTxlqs/s1600/2009-2013_IPCA_selectYear_Comparison.jpg" height="164" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To put into perspective the significance in the reported 2013 decline in the reported cases of international parental child abduction and the fourth consecutive significant reduction in the cross-border kidnapping rate, it is important to note that previous to the 2009 fiscal year reported numbers, the international parental child abduction rate grew on average by nearly 20% per year the previous decade. In addition, the United States witnessed a yearly increase in population of approximately 2,400,000 people during 2008 – 2013, with an estimated 1,000,000 of these individuals newly arrived immigrants. We take exceptional note to the ongoing increases in the American immigration population due to the fact that many individuals who parentally abduct (referred to as a ‘Taking Parent’) were born and previously raised in a foreign country but relocated to the United States.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaK7VuTbB9L1dgmqXiFszSK7TnMWrbnZ1vHSxK2dIl7QXiUhW3TVQ4pEDMZAQgxOwewMJ4adS2TW24bjW0c62jj9C3erKfrSKVw0e9LWOfYJyN0G0ei5YQPU1GI7zyeffwhKywxEfdpoI/s1600/2009-2013_ChildAbductionDecline_PopulationGrowth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaK7VuTbB9L1dgmqXiFszSK7TnMWrbnZ1vHSxK2dIl7QXiUhW3TVQ4pEDMZAQgxOwewMJ4adS2TW24bjW0c62jj9C3erKfrSKVw0e9LWOfYJyN0G0ei5YQPU1GI7zyeffwhKywxEfdpoI/s1600/2009-2013_ChildAbductionDecline_PopulationGrowth.jpg" height="162" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is important to note that the unreported cases of international parental child abduction remain a very troubling area not just in the United States, but worldwide. However, we believe that outreach efforts by the United States Department of State, <a href="http://stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank">The I CARE Foundation</a>, and the National Center For Missing & Exploited Children are in fact reaching communities who previously would not turn for assistance under the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention. And though there is no specific way to determine the unreported cases of IPCA, we believe there has been an increased awareness amongst communities who may previously may not have sought assistance to 1) become more aware of IPCA warning signs, 2) IPCA prevention measures, and 3) to turn to the Department of State’s Office of Children’s Issues for assistance. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is our belief that the previously less proactive communities who may have traditionally believed that they were unable to protect against IPCA have begun to mobilize and become more proactive in protecting their children.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is our assessment that due to the mobilization of parents who may have previously been less active to prevent IPCA, that it is conceivable that the overall reported outbound rate of IPCA (when considering both reported and unreported cases) may have dropped more than the 12.23% reported rate of abduction.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While there is much to be pleased about regarding the significant decline in reported outbound American IPCA rate, the reality is that many children who are internationally abducted do not come home, and the statistical trend of available data clearly demonstrates that the number of children worldwide being returned to their country of original jurisdiction continues to decline.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The following chart provides insight on the growing rate of child abduction to the United States.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2QBWw-xK4fQPbTG05622cNNtNA0fsVTp5p-cSRdissm7JTsqpBTVwk02oUZnKADlWy0cadvSLr4UoKl4TNicqkBCr-eg4qyWhSPsXg0UFQ_lSOEtbBffjDpPnATKfxIUlmW9ltmGzTA/s1600/2011-2013_CasesChildren_AbductionDecline_Inbound+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2QBWw-xK4fQPbTG05622cNNtNA0fsVTp5p-cSRdissm7JTsqpBTVwk02oUZnKADlWy0cadvSLr4UoKl4TNicqkBCr-eg4qyWhSPsXg0UFQ_lSOEtbBffjDpPnATKfxIUlmW9ltmGzTA/s1600/2011-2013_CasesChildren_AbductionDecline_Inbound+(3).jpg" height="296" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="border: 0px none; color: #2c2b2b;"><strong>COUNTRY COMPARISIONS: The United States, The United Kingdom, and Canada</strong><strong> </strong></div><div style="border: 0px none; color: #2c2b2b; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To understand the significance of the United States four consecutive year decline in the reported outbound IPCA rate, it is useful to compare the reported American data with statistical information provided by other nations. We note that global IPCA reporting amongst signatory nations and non-signatory countries to the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention remains beyond dismal.</span></div><div style="border: 0px none; color: #2c2b2b; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">Canada IPCA Rate Grows By 40% Since 2009</span></strong></div><div style="border: 0px none; color: #2c2b2b; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In April, 2014, Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs reported there has been a 40-per-cent increase in the number of international parental child abductions since 2009. Most of those cases involve countries such as the United States, Mexico and those of the European Union that have signed an international treaty called the Hague Convention, which aims to help resolve such emotionally charged incidents. However, there are also a “significant” number involving such countries as Lebanon, India, Pakistan and China, which have not signed up to the Hague Convention, making already complicated cases even more difficult.</span></div><div style="border: 0px none; color: #2c2b2b; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In November, 2013 Canada created the Vulnerable Children's Consular Unit under the Department of Foreign Affairs in recognition of their growing internal IPCA problem and in an attempt to assist targeted families from the grave ordeal of international child kidnapping.</span></div><div style="border: 0px none; color: #2c2b2b; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Canada’s Senate’s Human Rights Committee is also studying the Hague Convention in the hopes of providing recommendations to make it work better. Senior leadership from the Hague Conference are expected to visit Canada and provide insight with Canada’s policymakers in the near future.</span></div><div style="border: 0px none; color: #2c2b2b; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">United Kingdom IPCA Rate Grows By 88%</span></strong></div><div style="border: 0px none; color: #2c2b2b; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The United Kingdom continues to face a growing problem of IPCA, though, similar to Canada, specific hard data has not been publicly reported. However, according to public statements made by the Foreign Office’s Child Abduction Section in December, 2012, reported outbound cases of IPCA has grown by 88% over the past ten years.</span></div><div style="border: 0px none; color: #2c2b2b; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This number appears extraordinarily low when considering that public statements by the Foreign Office's Child Abduction Section state that the unit fielded an average of four calls per day to its specialist advice line, more than half of which were new cases during 2011 alone. The Foreign Office also stated the statistics do not represent the total number of IPCA cases because many cases go unreported.</span></div><b><br /></b><b>EXTREME DIFFICULTIES IN RECOVERING AN ABDUCTED CHILD</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are abundant reasons why it is very difficult for child-victims of IPCA to be returned to their country of original jurisdiction. They include, but are not limited to the following: </div><ol><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;"> Amongst signatory countries to the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention, litigation proceedings and tactics by the Taking Parent and their counsel often deploy techniques to circumvent Article 1 (Expeditious Return Provision), while over-utilizing Article 13 b (Best Interest Provision). This is not a U.S. problem but a global issue all left-behind parents face. In addition, courts and the judiciary overseeing IPCA proceedings have taken a rather long-arm approach to Article 12 of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention. The end result, as reported by a 2011 Hague Special Commission is that the average litigation period needed to make a determination has increased to 338 days as compared to 188 days; and,</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">The reality is that attorneys familiar with Hague law often litigate before untrained judges who are not keenly aware of the spirit and intent of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention. Trained attorney-specialist familiar with the protocols of the child abduction treaty have successfully implemented litigation techniques created to extend or delay the court proceedings outside of the spirit of Article 1 of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention. In implementing calculated strategies before judges not familiar with the treaty or who may not intend to follow the rules established under the treaty, Taking Parents have been remarkably successful in being able to not only remain in the inbound country they have relocated to, but in many circumstances, limit the rights of the child to have contact with the other parent. This phenomenon appears to occur equally amongst men and women; and,</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Judges are often not trained on how to deal with IPCA cases nor are they familiar with the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention. Because of a lack of training and education amongst the judiciary, many children around the world simply are not returned and the intent of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention is being marginalized. As an example of the problems best exemplified by an untrained judiciary, the United States has over 10,000 family court judges able to hear an IPCA case. The vast majority of these judges have no or extremely limited experience dealing with Hague matters. The average litigation period for cases being heard in the United States is 338 days. In comparison, in the United Kingdom there are 17 judges who handle Hague cases. The average litigation period for cases heard in the United Kingdom has been reported at 49 days; and,</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Many nations do not comply with or uphold the spirit of the convention (ex, Brazil, Mexico, Germany); and,</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Many countries have not signed the convention (China, India, Saudi Arabia etc); and,</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Chasing Parents may not have an idea what country their child was taken to; and,</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Chasing Parents are responsible to carry the enormous financial burden associated with their child’s recovery. Many simply do not have the substantial resources needed; and,</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Many Chasing Parents do not have the knowledge necessary to navigate the difficult and complex legal system of international law, nor do they often know who to turn to and what to do; and,</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Nationalistic prejudices of court systems located in the ‘inbound’ country, whereas, a court may try to protect the abducting parent if that parent is a citizen of the country where they abducted the child to.</div></li></ol><b>WHAT'S WORKING?</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are many reasons why the reported United States outbound rate of IPCA is declining. Collectively, the primary reason is that efforts by government agencies and non-government agencies have increased efforts to not only raise awareness amongst potential targeted parents of IPCA, but educational outreach directed toward key stakeholders such as the judiciary, attorneys, law enforcement, and policymakers has made a major difference. The following are some important reasons why outbound cases IPCA is declining in the United States, while inbound cases are rising. </div><ol><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">There is an increased social awareness of IPCA, including awareness of <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Abduction_Warning_Signs.html" target="_blank">warning signs</a> and how to act in the event of a potential threat; and,</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Targeted parents at risk of having a child abducted have become more proactive in protecting their children; and,</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://travel.state.gov/content/childabduction/english/about.html" target="_blank">The Department of State’s Office of Children’s Issues</a> has become an exemplary child abduction prevention advocacy program under the guidelines available to all Central Authorities under the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention. Increased personal, extensive information via the Internet, and public outreach along with the ability to implement and take control of an assortment of abduction prevention programs such as the Passport Issuance Alert Program have been extremely beneficial.</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Inter-agency cooperation amongst the Department of State and other agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security have been extremely impactful. An example of this type of cooperation is found in the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Prevent_Departure_Progra.html" target="_blank">Prevent Departure Program</a>.</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">There is a strong core of NGO activism that has helped raise awareness of IPCA and provided outreach that government agencies are unable to.</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Courts and judges presiding over abduction prevention cases are acting with increased prudence when determining whether a child is a target of IPCA, including determining if a child should be allowed to travel, an assortment of passport-related issues, etc.; and,</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/In_t_Child_Travel_Form.html" target="_blank">The I CARE Foundation’s International Travel Child Consent Form</a> has become a globally effective tool in preventing a child’s wrongful detention abroad while also protecting against the wrongful use of Article 12 and Article 13 b; and,</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">There is increased cooperation amongst law enforcement to assist targeted parents of abduction; and,</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">United States lawmakers and policy administrators are taking a proactive stance against IPCA and this stand is having a trickle down effect amongst other stakeholders including judges, law enforcement, and child therapist, etc.</div></li><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">The social media blogosphere of parent-bloggers has increased awareness of IPCA.</div></li></ol><b>PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION IS A SEVERE FORM OF CHILD ABUSE</b><br /><br /><div style="color: #7d7253; font-family: tahoma, geneva, kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13px;">According to leading experts who specialize in international parental child abduction, conclusive and unilateral opinion and fact demonstrates that parental child abduction of a targeted child is a cruel, criminal, and severe form of abuse and mistreatment regardless if the child is with one of their (abducting) parents. This includes the illegal act of international abduction, whereas, the child is unexpectedly uprooted from their home, their community, their immediate and extended family, and their country. Sadly, severe short and long-term psychological problems are prevalent for many abduction victims who survive their kidnapping experience. It is commonplace for a child to be emotionally sabotaged, whereas, the abducting parent will try to remove all bonds and attachments the child has with the other parent, thus, removing the child’s right to know the love of the other parent, and keep in tact their own identity. Too many children simply never come home and in certain cases a child’s abduction overseas has led to the death of the abducted child.<br /><br /> In June, 2013 the United States Department of Justice issued a report stating that <a href="http://peterthomassenese.blogspot.ca/2013/06/internationally-abducted-children.html" target="_blank">children who are victims of parental child abduction face increased abuse, including severe physical and emotional abuse at the hands of their parent abductor</a>.<br /><br /> We strongly point that <a href="http://internationalparentalchildabductions.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/summer-vacation-and-international-parental-child-abduction-when-school-ends-kids-are-abducted/" target="_blank">filicide - parental child murder - is a real threat to all children of abduction</a>.</span></div><div style="color: #7d7253; font-family: tahoma, geneva, kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #7d7253; font-family: tahoma, geneva, kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13px;">In addition, a leader in the field of parental child abduction issues, Dr. Dorothy Huntington wrote an article titled Parental Kidnapping: A New Form of Child Abuse. Huntington contends that from the point of view of the child, “child stealing is child abuse.” According to Huntington, “in child stealing the children are used as both objects and weapons in the struggle between the parents which leads to the brutalization of the children psychologically, specifically destroying their sense of trust in the world around them.”</span></div><div style="color: #7d7253; font-family: tahoma, geneva, kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #7d7253; font-family: tahoma, geneva, kalimati, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13px;">We recall the words of Ms. Patricia Hoff who currently oversees the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/I-CARE_Attorney_Network.html" target="_blank">United States Department of State's Hague Attorney Network</a>, who previously stated, “Because of the harmful effects on children, parental kidnapping has been characterized as a form of “child abuse” while the acting Legal Director for the Parental Abduction Training and Dissemination Project, American Bar Association on Children and the Law. Ms. Hoff also had stated, “Abducted children suffer emotionally and sometimes physically at the hands of abductor-parents. Many children are told the other parent is dead or no longer loves them. Uprooted from family and friends, abducted children often are given new names by their abductor-parents and instructed not to reveal their real names or where they lived before.”<br /><br />The I CARE Foundation agrees completely with the sentiments shared above.</span></div><br /><b>REASONS WHY ONE PARENT CRIMINALLY ABDUCTS A CHILD</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Studies have demonstrated that an unprecedented number of abductions have occurred where one parent took unilateral action to deprive the other parent of contact with their child. The majority of abducting parents will typically use the child as a tool to cause the targeted parent great pain and suffering. Their intent is simple: to make the other parent suffer as much as possible by depriving that targeted parent with the love and connection to their own child. Nearly every published study on this subject has concluded that an abducting parent has significant, and typically, long-term psychological problems and may in fact be a danger to their child.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We take the time to acknowledge that in certain cases of parental child abduction, a parent claims to have no other choice but to flee the other parent due to serious, grave, and ongoing forms of abuse. We acknowledge that in many <a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/Slander_Defense.html" target="_blank">abduction defenses found under Article 13 of The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction</a>, an abducting parent will often claim mental, emotional, and physical abuse by the other parent as part of their defense to sanction their criminal behavior of abduction. However, we must also acknowledge that domestic violence is a very real, measurable, and in many cases, an ongoing crime that has limited law enforcement safety controls. We acknowledge that there are parents who must flee for their and their child’s safety due to failures by law enforcement and courts to protect their safety, combined with an habitual abuser who aims to cause grave hurt to the targeted parent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition, and understandably, family abductions occur at a higher rate during times of heightened stress such as separation or divorce and often involve custody issues and visitation problems. The sad fact is that a large number of marriages, estimated to be between 40% and 50%, in the U.S. end in divorce.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the many considerations that factor into the increase in total abductions indicates that economic difficulties in the United States and elsewhere are a measurable factor in the number of increases in separations and divorces. This added stress can lead to a parental cross-border abduction, particularly since we live in a global society, and the number of international relationships has increased dramatically.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While all children can be potential targets of a family abduction, the likelihood increases when that child has a parent with ties to a foreign country. According to the Juvenile and Family Court Journal Vol. 48, No. 2 titled Jurisdiction In Child Custody and Abduction Cases, “Parents who are citizens of another country (or who have dual citizenship with the U.S.) and also have strong ties to their extended family in their country of origin have long been recognized as abduction risks.” This increase in cultural diversity within the U.S. population has created challenges for our existing laws. Many U.S. born children-citizens fall victim to parental abduction when a parents’ union ends.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Across the U.S., states are struggling to address their archaic and outdated laws, and establish additional precautions to better protect their child-citizen population. Unquestionably, it is critical that child abduction prevention laws are passed in each state and upheld by the judiciary and law enforcement. Failure to do so will likely lead to the looming disaster that is already upon us.</div><br /><b>IMMIGRATION MIGRATION AND ITS AFFECT ON CHILD ABDUCTION CASES</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A report compiled by the renowned Washington-based Pew Hispanic Center reports that most immigrant groups are comprised of young families. The likelihood that a child will be born while the parents are present in the U.S. is high. Prior to 2007, data collected on parents of children under 18 only identified one parent, and a second parent could only be identified if they were married to the first parent. Currently, a second parent identifier is considered whether or not the parents are married to each other. The new data more accurately reflects the number of children living in the U.S. with at least one foreign-born parent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 2008 that meant that 22% of all children in the United States had at least one foreign-born parent. In fact, consider the following statistics compiled by the Center for Immigration Studies in its March 2007 analysis. Immigrants and their U.S. born children under age 18, as a share of population: California – 37.9%, Los Angles County – 50%, New York State – 27.9%, New York City – 46.7% and Florida – 27.9%.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It must be noted that although 31.3% of all immigrants originate from Mexico, other countries have significant entry numbers as well. Included in the March 2007 Current Population Survey (CPS) were statistics indicating that 17.6% of all immigrants were from East/Southeast Asia, 12.5% from Europe, 5.5% from South Asia, 3.5% from the Middle East, and Canada at 1.9%.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Traditionally, states such as California, New York, Florida, Texas, Illinois and Arizona have had large numbers of immigrants in their population. What is surprising is the trends in migration toward new centers of immigrant growth. The CPS prepared an analysis of states with statistically significant growth in immigrant population between 2000 and 2007. Most notably, Wyoming, which experienced a percentage increase of 180%, Tennessee at 160%, Georgia at 152.1%, and Alabama at 143.6%. The impact of unprecedented increases in immigrant migration is likely to create multiple challenges as states struggle to keep pace with their newest segment of population and their children.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Additionally, it has been well established that illegal aliens do not respond to surveys such as the US Census or the CPS. Because the U.S. government does not have accurate records of arrival and departures for individuals present illegally in the country, their numbers must be estimated, as there is no hard data to draw from. However, indirect means for establishing these figures are used, and they must be viewed with a considerable amount of uncertainty. In 2007 CPS, it was estimated that of the approximately 37.9 million immigrants present in the U.S., nearly 1 in 3 immigrants were present illegally.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is important to note this segment of our population when discussing child abduction because when a child is born in the U.S. that child automatically is a U.S. citizen. While the available data gives us fairly accurate figures regarding the number of children born in the U.S. as well as those immigrants who are present legally, a number is impossible to compile accurately in relation to the unauthorized resident population.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In regards to children born to illegal immigrants, in the five-year period from 2003 to 2008, that number rose from 2.7 million to 4 million. The report published by the Pew Hispanic Centers reported that nationally the children of illegal immigrants now comprise 1 in 15 elementary and secondary students in the U.S. Additionally, in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Texas more than 1 in every 10 students in those states are the children of illegal immigrants.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ability of state governments to prevent the abduction of children by family members could be drastically improved by comprehensive legislation. While aiming to protect all children, special consideration must be given to those children who may be at increased risk simply by virtue of their parentage. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the U.S. projected up to April 22, 2010 estimated that one international migrant enters the U.S. every 36 seconds. International travel has become commonplace and as more cross-cultural relationships develop children are born. A number of these relationships will end and may result in an increased risk of international abduction of the child. Attempting to retrieve a child who has been abducted and possibly hidden internationally is a near impossibility as a multitude of problems surface in cases such as these. Unfortunately, studies have proved 4 of 5 Americans drastically underestimate the threat of a family abduction. Statistically, it is a sobering thought when you become aware of the vast numbers of children that are criminally abducted each year. Preventative laws are a necessity as an immediate remedy to this unconscionable crime.</div><br /><b>SUMMARY</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">IPCA remains a serious problem worldwide. The challenges of parental child abduction prevention and reunification have no border. As an organization dedicated to preventing IPCA, we take note of the decline in the 2013 IPCA rate and acknowledge that since the leadership of the I CARE Foundation began extensive advocacy to combat IPCA, the overall outbound rate of IPCA against American children has declined by over 38%. In our efforts to raise awareness of IPCA amongst families worldwide, combined with our efforts associated with utilization of the Prevent Departure Program, the global use of the groundbreaking <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/In_t_Child_Travel_Form.html" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation’s International Travel Child Consent Form</a>, and our work to create and implement numerous state laws created to protect children, we believe that there is substantial positive change on the horizon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The I CARE Foundation’s role in fighting IPCA has been measurable. We would also like to acknowledge that as far as working to protect children from abduction all advocates are in this together.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There remains a great deal of work to do. </div><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-87316986301935544262014-01-24T03:08:00.006-08:002014-01-24T03:08:52.448-08:00Japan Becomes Newest Member Of 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention(January 24<sup>th</sup>, 2014)<br />
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Today in Tokyo, the Government of Japan approved ratification of the<i> 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention</i>; a few hours later, the Japanese Ambassador to the Netherlands, Mr. <a href="http://www.nl.emb-japan.go.jp/e/about/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Masaru Tsuji</a>, deposited the instrument of ratification, making Japan the 91<sup>st</sup> Contracting State to this important treaty. This significant development reaffirms that diplomatic efforts among the international community, together with the invaluable assistance provided by the Permanent<em> </em><i id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390482689461_49169">Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law</i><i>,</i> are working; it also reaffirms that the Hague Child Abduction Convention is the proper mechanism for all governments and families around the world to utilize in order to settle international child abduction disputes.<br />
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Japan’s ratification of the Convention comes after long-standing multi-lateral diplomatic efforts combined with global public outcry over Japan’s previous failure to participate in the international child abduction treaty and to offer victimized children and targeted parents of abduction a vehicle to turn to in order to resolve international parental child abduction disputes.<br />
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The <i>1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention</i> will enter into force for Japan on April 1<sup>st</sup>, 2014. Under Japan’s participation, foreign parents who have previously had a child internationally abducted to Japan are not eligible to file a Hague Application or utilize the treaty. Retroactivity remains a concern for hundreds of left-behind parents still seeking to reunite with their kidnapped children.<br />
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The <i>1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention</i> seeks to combat parental child abduction by providing a system of co-operation between Contracting States and a rapid procedure for the return of the child to the country of the child’s habitual residence. Judges overseeing litigation revolving around the <i>1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention are</i> not to determine issues of custody as that issue typically falls under the jurisdiction of the courts located in the child’s country of habitual residency.<br />
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Japan’s ratification of the convention demonstrates that international diplomacy and education continues to work, while also creating a stronger atmosphere for other countries that are not participants to the 1980<i> Hague Child Abduction Convention</i>, such as India, to strongly consider ratification.<br />
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In the past, Japan has been considered a ‘black hole’ for international parental child abductors as the overwhelming number of children abducted to Japan by a Japanese national living abroad have not been returned to the child’s country of original jurisdiction.
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The vast majority of left-behind parents are fathers residing in Europe and North America. Tragically, the targeted parent often has little or no rights of access or custody to their child once the child lands in Japan due to the country’s antiquated and prejudicial family law policies that tend to grant a child’s mother sole custody of the child while simultaneously removing the child’s father’s access to the child. Japan’s legal system does not recognize the concept of joint-custody.<br />
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In May 2013, the Diet had approved Japan’s compliance to the treaty, sending out a clear indicator that the country was steadily moving toward participation. Until today, Japan was the only country in the Group of Eight (G8) that has not affirmed the <i>1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention</i>.<br />
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The following month (June) Japan’s Parliament enacted a law stipulating domestic implementation procedures for the Hague child abduction treaty.<br />
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Japan’s Parliament established procedures requiring the country to create a Central Authority under the auspices of the Foreign Ministry. The Central Authority’s responsibilities include the tasks of locating children who have been abducted and encourage families involved in international parental child abduction claims to settle disputes through consultations.<br />
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If the consultations fail, family courts in Tokyo and Osaka specifically trained in 1980<i> Hague Child Abduction Convention</i> matters will decide on matters. The Central Authority will be staffed with legal experts in international private law as well child psychologist and domestic violence counselors. A third Hague Court location could later be added.<br />
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Under the terms of Japan’s Parliamentary action in June, 2013 the new law provides grounds forrefusal to return a child if abuse or domestic violence is feared, issues that are expected to draw keen interest in light of the 1980 <i>Hague Child Abduction Convention’s Article 13</i><i>,</i> a provision that is almost always utilized by parental child abductors regardless of the gender of the abductor.<br />
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Child abduction prevention advocates from around the world hope that Japan’s ratification of the 1980 <i>Hague Child Abduction Convention</i> will further push non-Hague countries including India, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Philippines, and China (mainland) who are all believed to be actively assessing the Convention with a view to becoming a party to.<br />
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Today Japan has taken its place at the table of nations and finally a stand against the atrocity of international parental child abduction and severe abuse against targeted children and their families. As Japan works to uphold the 1980 <i>Hague Child Abduction Convention</i> we must first and foremost not forget the children who have been abducted to Japan and their left-behind families, many whom successfully advocated for Japan’s ratification of the 1980 <i>Hague Child Abduction Convention.</i><br />
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We invite you to read the official comments shared by The Hague Permanent Bureau concerning diplomacy and Japan’s ratification. <a href="http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=events.details&year=2014&varevent=344" target="_blank">Please click here<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">.</span></a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-62782380684174500902013-11-23T07:49:00.000-08:002013-11-23T07:49:06.391-08:00How To Stop International Parental Child Abduction During Christmas and Summer Holiday Seasons<span style="color: red;"><strong>What To Include When Contacting The Department Of State's Office Of Children's Issues:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">If you are an at-risk parent who believes your child's other parent is planning or in the process of international parental child abduction, please contact the </span><a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/prevention/prevention_560.html"><span style="color: red; font-family: Times;">United States Department of State's Office of Children's Issues Abduction Prevention Bureau</span></a><span style="font-family: Times;"> to discuss potential measures that may be available to you to ensure the individual parent suspected of an international child abduction threat does not illegally depart the United States and remove your child in violation of a court order or in breach of your right of custody.<br /><span style="color: black;"></span><br /><span style="color: black;">Please contact the Office of Children's Issues Prevention Bureau to discuss if there are potential prevention techniques unique to your case that may allow the Department of State to work with other federal agencies so to secure your child is not a victim of international parental child abduction.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Office Of Children's Issues</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Abduction Prevention Bureau</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"> CA/OCS/CI </span><br /><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"> SA-17, 9th Floor </span> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Phone: 1-888-407-4747 or 202-501-4444</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Email: <a href="mailto:prevention@state.gov"><span style="color: red;">prevention@state.gov</span></a></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"></span><span style="color: black;">To contact the I CARE Foundation concerning abduction matters including possible methods available to stop international parental child abduction please email us at</span> <a href="mailto:legal@stopchildabduction.org"><span style="color: red;">legal@stopchildabduction.org</span></a>.</span></div>
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Individuals seeking to Department of State assistance and implementation of the Prevent Departure Program should make sure that they have the following information ready to submit to the Office of Children's Issues:<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-20318226129989092202013-11-04T06:23:00.001-08:002013-11-04T06:23:47.993-08:00Important Facts When Contacting The Department of State: Stop International Parental Child Abduction<span style="color: red;"><strong>What To Include When Contacting The Department Of State's Office Of Children's Issues:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">If you are an at-risk parent who believes your child's other parent is planning or in the process of international parental child abduction, please contact the </span><a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/prevention/prevention_560.html"><span style="color: red; font-family: Times;">United States Department of State's Office of Children's Issues Abduction Prevention Bureau</span></a><span style="font-family: Times;"> to discuss potential measures that may be available to you to ensure the individual parent suspected of an international child abduction threat does not illegally depart the United States and remove your child in violation of a court order or in breach of your right of custody.<br /><span style="color: black;"></span><br /><span style="color: black;">Please contact the Office of Children's Issues Prevention Bureau to discuss if there are potential prevention techniques unique to your case that may allow the Department of State to work with other federal agencies so to secure your child is not a victim of international parental child abduction.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Times;">To contact the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/"><span style="color: red;">Department of State's Office of Children's Issues Prevention Bureau</span></a> please contact:</span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The United States Department of State</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Office Of Children's Issues</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Abduction Prevention Bureau</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"> CA/OCS/CI </span><br /><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"> SA-17, 9th Floor </span> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">Washington, DC 20522-</span>1709 </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Phone: 1-888-407-4747 or 202-501-4444</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Email: <a href="mailto:prevention@state.gov"><span style="color: red;">prevention@state.gov</span></a></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"></span><span style="color: black;">To contact the I CARE Foundation concerning abduction matters including possible methods available to stop international parental child abduction please email us at</span> <a href="mailto:legal@stopchildabduction.org"><span style="color: red;">legal@stopchildabduction.org</span></a>.</div>
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Individuals seeking to Department of State assistance and implementation of the Prevent Departure Program should make sure that they have the following information ready to submit to the Office of Children's Issues:<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-85662553466195530302013-10-30T07:54:00.000-07:002014-11-15T09:15:18.595-08:00Stopping International Parental Child Abduction - Dual Passports and Dual Citizenship<div align="JUSTIFY" style="text-align: center;">Dual Citizenship Issues: How To Stop International Parental Child Abduction </div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="text-align: center;"> </div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: black;">It is a mistake to think that the United States Government cannot help prevent the international parental child abduction of an American child-citizen by an abducting parent who possesses either sole American citizenship or is a dual citizen of the United States and another country. </span></div><div align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: black;"></span><br /></div><div align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">For any parent, lawyer, or stakeholder who is involved in attempting to prevent an international child abduction originating from the United States whereas the suspected taking parent may possess secondary passports issued from a foreign country for the targeted child, I urge you to contact the indefatigable, dedicated team at the United States Department of State's Office of Children's Issues Abduction Prevention Unit.</span> <br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you are an at-risk parent who believes your child's other parent is planning or in the process of international parental child abduction, please contact the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/prevention/prevention_560.html"><span style="color: red;">United States Department of State's Office of Children's Issues Abduction Prevention Bureau</span></a> to discuss potential measures that may be available to you to ensure the individual parent suspected of an international child abduction threat does not illegally depart the United States and remove your child in violation of a court order or in breach of your right of custody. </span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Please contact the Office of Children's Issues Prevention Bureau to discuss if there are potential prevention techniques unique to your case that may allow the Department of State to work with other federal agencies so to secure your child is not a victim of international parental child abduction.</span></span></span></div><div align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Times;">To contact the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/"><span style="color: red;">Department of State's Office of Children's Issues Prevention Bureau</span></a> please contact:</span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></span><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The United States Department of State</span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Office Of Children's Issues</span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Abduction Prevention Bureau</span></span></span></div><span style="color: red;"></span><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"> CA/OCS/CI </span><br /><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"> SA-17, 9th Floor </span> </span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: red;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">Washington, DC 20522-</span>1709 </span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: red;"></span><div align="JUSTIFY" sizcache="25" sizset="101"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Phone: 1-888-407-4747 or 202-501-4444</span></span></span></div><span style="color: red;"><div align="JUSTIFY" sizcache="25" sizset="101"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Email: <a href="mailto:prevention@state.gov"><span style="color: red;">prevention@state.gov</span></a></span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> </span></div><div align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"></span><span style="color: black;">To contact the I CARE Foundation concerning abduction matters including possible methods available to stop international parental child abduction please email us at</span> <a href="mailto:legal@stopchildabduction.org"><span style="color: red;">legal@stopchildabduction.org</span></a>.</div></span><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"> </div><div align="JUSTIFY"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JJ1iLz_1vOHVdPFTtrDOPEIdzjdYL34TTVEPfJLmVvFsTbdYugghriyBO2Bc953fMGbEc4CP_LRrhQdJHmpErFjk5O8hJGaczD21hS2GTnI36QKt11zV7Rr_r5kCEPuVw0QoeTm6d5Rn/s1600/10.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JJ1iLz_1vOHVdPFTtrDOPEIdzjdYL34TTVEPfJLmVvFsTbdYugghriyBO2Bc953fMGbEc4CP_LRrhQdJHmpErFjk5O8hJGaczD21hS2GTnI36QKt11zV7Rr_r5kCEPuVw0QoeTm6d5Rn/s1600/10.jpeg" /></a>Many U.S. citizen children who fall victim to international parental abduction possess dual nationality. Being aware of the child's other parent's possession of a secondary passport issued from that parent's country of origin is critical in preventing abduction because children abducted abroad usually travel outside of the country on their foreign passport. Preventing the issuance of your child's secondary passport to a foreign country is possible, but not guaranteed, based upon the country of origin of the child's other parent and their laws. </div><div align="JUSTIFY"><br /></div><div align="JUSTIFY">In the United States, it was apparent that parents intending to illegally remove a child in a foreign country knew that if they possessed dual citizenship, that it would be rather easy to depart America using their foreign issued passport that they have had issued for them and more than likely, the child they are intending to wrongfully remove. In part, this belief appears to have been circulated because it was commonly believed that the United States does not have exit controls, and, existing policies such as the Prevent Departure Program (discussed herein) does not apply to individuals who posses a right of American citizenship.</div><div align="JUSTIFY"><br /></div><div align="JUSTIFY">Well - I am here today to tell any individual who is thinking that you can illegally remove an American child-citizen from the United States using a secondary passport issued from another country in your and in the child's name - you better think again. </div><div align="JUSTIFY"><br /></div><div align="JUSTIFY">For all parents, lawyers, court officials, policymakers, policy administrators, child advocates - and to any person who is thinking of aiding or abetting a person intent on committing the crime of international parental child abduction - here's what you need to know: The United States Department of State's Office of Children's Issues and the branch's Child Abduction Prevention Bureau is deeply committed to stopping the abduction of American children. </div><div align="JUSTIFY"><br /></div><div align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: red;">Want a little proof?</span></div><div align="JUSTIFY"><br /></div><div align="JUSTIFY">Well, let me begin by saying that due to a host of factors, the global international parental child abduction rate appears to be growing at over 20% per year. Except in the United States of America, where the international parental child abduction rate declined by over 15% in 2011, declined by over 16% in 2012, and is expected to decline further in 2013.</div><div align="JUSTIFY"><br /></div><div align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: red;">Why is this happening?</span></div><div align="JUSTIFY"><br /></div><div align="JUSTIFY">Many reasons - first and foremost - it is because the Department of State has committed necessary resources to the Office of Children's Issues and their Abduction Prevention Unit. In turn, their has been real cooperation between the Department of State and other federal agencies who have the ability to assist in stopping a child's international abduction. </div><div align="JUSTIFY"><br /></div><div align="JUSTIFY">For those of you who may be a target of abduction, it is important to know the majority of international parental child abductions that occur are carefully planned schemes that attempt to catch the targeted parent off guard. A parent intending to snatch a child may use an assortment of reasons in order to obtain the secondary passport. Certain countries require signatures of both of the child's parents, while many require only the signature of the parent that possesses citizenship to that country. </div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">In scenarios where only the parent who possesses citizenship to the country the child has a right to secondary citizenship to can apply for their child's passport, the grave risk and reality is that if abduction is planned, the abducting parent will attempt to conceal the existence of the secondary passport from the other parent. Additionally, in cases where dual signatures are required, it is possible that the taking parent can fraudulently submit the other parent's signature to the passport bureau of the other country as generally there are limited documentation controls in place set up to validate the application request. </div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">While the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/" target="_blank">Department of State</a> will make every effort to avoid issuing a U.S. passport if the custodial parent has provided a custody decree, the Department cannot prevent embassies and consulates of other countries in the United States from issuing their passports to children who are also their nationals. </div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">All is not lost if you act thoughtfully. For example, you can ask a foreign embassy or consulate not to issue a passport to your child. On numerous occasions I or one of the attorneys associated with the I CARE Foundation have accompanied a targeted parent and personally visited a foreign embassy or consulate and requested that a secondary passport not be issued in the name of the child due to an abduction threat.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">If traveling to an embassy or consulate is not a possibility, I suggest you contact the consulate, locate a supervisor who oversees their passport issuance program, and speak to them about your concern for abduction and specifically state you do not want that country to issue a passport. Immediately after that telephone call, you must submit a written request, along with certified complete copies of any court orders addressing custody or the overseas travel of your child you have. From experience, I strongly suggest you also include your marriage certificate, your child's birth certificate, and any other relevant documentation that establishes your marriage or legal partnership and establishes that you are the parent of the child or children. In your letter, inform them that you are sending a copy of this request to the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of State</a>. <br /> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJB0rrn5xpiBAoxDoTTNZflU4aQh2G406WQJq8EajrbTFk8BDgfiLEnkHy4RqqFk1vzs83vNRRjVajTe5ouqacf-NlmtoBa6vFHe1Y5tWr68NNcjZ7J1HF-R4NS6dAqzIshlgKbUSZZ5wD/s1600/39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJB0rrn5xpiBAoxDoTTNZflU4aQh2G406WQJq8EajrbTFk8BDgfiLEnkHy4RqqFk1vzs83vNRRjVajTe5ouqacf-NlmtoBa6vFHe1Y5tWr68NNcjZ7J1HF-R4NS6dAqzIshlgKbUSZZ5wD/s1600/39.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">If your child is only a U.S. citizen, you can request that no visa for that country be issued in his or her U.S. passport. No international law requires compliance with such requests, but some countries will comply voluntarily. </div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">With respect to your requests to a foreign country, there is one thing I would like to share from experience: you are likely to get more cooperation at times if you or your legal representative schedule an appointment in person. This is something I have seen first-hand in my capacity as a director of the I CARE Foundation. </div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: red;">What is dual nationality?</span></div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">The concept of dual nationality means that a person is a citizen of two countries at the same time. Each country has its own citizenship laws based on its own policy. Persons may have dual nationality by automatic operation of different laws rather than by choice. For example, a child born in a foreign country to U.S. citizen parents may be both a U.S. citizen and a citizen of the country of birth.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">A U.S. citizen may acquire foreign citizenship by marriage, or a person naturalized as a U.S. citizen may not lose the citizenship of the country of birth. U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or require a person to choose one citizenship or another. Also, a person who is automatically granted another citizenship does not risk losing U.S. citizenship. However, a person who acquires a foreign citizenship by applying for it may lose U.S. citizenship. In order to lose U.S. citizenship, the law requires that the person must apply for the foreign citizenship voluntarily, by free choice, and with the intention to give up U.S. citizenship.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">Intent can be shown by the person's statements or conduct. The U.S. Government recognizes that dual nationality exists but does not encourage it as a matter of policy because of the problems it may cause. Claims of other countries on dual national U.S. citizens may conflict with U.S. law, and dual nationality may limit U.S. Government efforts to assist citizens abroad. The country where a dual national is located generally has a stronger claim to that person's allegiance.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">However, dual nationals owe allegiance to both the United States and the foreign country. They are required to obey the laws of both countries. Either country has the right to enforce its laws, particularly if the person later travels there. Most U.S. citizens, including dual nationals, must use a U.S. passport to enter and leave the United States. Dual nationals may also be required by the foreign country to use its passport to enter and leave that country. Use of the foreign passport does not endanger U.S. citizenship. Most countries permit a person to renounce or otherwise lose citizenship.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">Information on losing foreign citizenship can be obtained from the foreign country's embassy and consulates in the United States. Americans can renounce U.S. citizenship in the proper form at U.S. embassies and consulates abroad.</div><div align="JUSTIFY"> </div><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><b>Two Parent Signature Law for a Passport</b></div><b></b><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><br /></div><div align="JUSTIFY"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuYXb76f-diAPTKyc4x-IY8T2vdDMlyJ8iiCMc6o0e3Lz8preml6xOv5miNEVEeFbozeLeeoWvda3rRMDjmLqY58hsqzkeWrWRyN8xa7UGVZzZCzw1EDGZr6mVD9QkVgM1MCECHWBBZal/s1600/14.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuYXb76f-diAPTKyc4x-IY8T2vdDMlyJ8iiCMc6o0e3Lz8preml6xOv5miNEVEeFbozeLeeoWvda3rRMDjmLqY58hsqzkeWrWRyN8xa7UGVZzZCzw1EDGZr6mVD9QkVgM1MCECHWBBZal/s1600/14.jpeg" /></a>U.S. law requires the signature of both parents, or the child's legal guardians, prior to issuance of a U.S. passport to children under the age of 16. To obtain a U.S. passport for a child under the age of 16, both parents (or the child’s legal guardians) must execute the child’s passport application and provide documentary evidence demonstrating that they are the parents or guardians. If this cannot be done, the person executing the passport application must provide documentary evidence that he or she has sole custody of the child, has the consent of the other parent to the issuance of the passport, or is acting in place of the parents and has the consent of both parents (or of a parent/legal guardian with sole custody over the child to the issuance of the passport).</div><span style="color: red;"></span><br /><span style="color: red;"></span><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: red;">Exceptions:</span></div><span style="color: red;"></span><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">The law does provide two exceptions to this requirement: (1) for exigent circumstances, such as those involving the health or welfare of he child, or (2) when the Secretary of State determines that issuance of a passport is warranted by special family circumstances. </div><div align="JUSTIFY"> </div><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><b><span style="color: red;">Prevent Departure Program</span></b></div><b></b><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><br /></div><div align="JUSTIFY">Since 2003, United States citizens have had available a very effective international child abduction prevention tool called ‘<a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/Prevent_Departure_Progra.html" target="_blank">The Prevent Departure Program’</a>. Unfortunately, many parents at risk of having their child internationally abducted are not aware that this incredibly useful tool is available to them.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">In the aftermath of 911, the Department of Homeland Security’s ‘Prevent Departure Program’ was created to stop non-U.S. citizens from departing the country. The program applies to non-US citizens physically located in America considered individuals at risk of child abduction. The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) oversees this program and it is monitored 24 hours a day.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaleOEpf2wQ5ysobfhe-FvvkLmjepBX6ncSW-4fjb32cN43l2wEgZozzw_eCDT30NW-4LOYNNFT1XY-1_Q5Iq6V4j1s-0mcHlcfctirqLVHX_Yxo7R75Z8rKtHhSPn_fIyDm7gXdShmBx/s1600/4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaleOEpf2wQ5ysobfhe-FvvkLmjepBX6ncSW-4fjb32cN43l2wEgZozzw_eCDT30NW-4LOYNNFT1XY-1_Q5Iq6V4j1s-0mcHlcfctirqLVHX_Yxo7R75Z8rKtHhSPn_fIyDm7gXdShmBx/s1600/4.jpeg" /></a><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">What the <a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/Prevent_Departure_Progra.html" target="_blank">‘Prevent Departure Program’</a> does is provide immediate information to the transportation industry, including all air, land, and sea channels a single point of contact at Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and provides a comprehensive database of individuals the United States believes may immediately depart to a foreign country.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">The program only applies to aliens, and is not available to stop U.S. citizens or dual U.S./foreign citizens from leaving the country.<span style="color: red;"> CRITICALLY - as I stated earlier, if<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: red;"> you are an at-risk parent who believes your child's other parent is planning or in the process of international parental child abduction, please contact the </span><a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/prevention/prevention_560.html"><span style="color: red;">United States Department of State's Office of Children's Issues Abduction Prevention Bureau</span></a><span style="color: red;"> to discuss potential measures that may be available to you to ensure the individual parent suspected of an international child abduction threat does not illegally depart the United States and remove your child in violation of a court order or in breach of your right of custody. </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Office of Children's Issues Prevention Bureau may be able to determine if there are potential prevention techniques unique to your case that may allow the Department of State to work with other federal agencies so to secure your child is not a victim of international parental child abduction.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">Under Section 215 of the ‘Immigration and Nationality Act’ (8 U.S.C. 1185) and it’s implementing regulations (8 CFR Part 215 and 22 CFR Part 46), it authorizes departure-control officers to prevent an alien’s departure from the United States if the alien’s departure would be prejudicial to the interests of the United States. These regulations include would-be abductions of U.S. citizens in accordance to court orders originating from the child’s court of habitual residency.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">If the abductor and child are identified, they will be denied boarding. In order to detain them after boarding is denied, there must be a court order prohibiting the child’s removal or providing for the child’s pick-up, or a warrant for the abductor.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">In order for an at risk parent to participate in the program (<span style="color: red;">remember: the Department of State may be able to assist a parent targeted by another individual who is in possession of dual citizenship and find issues unique to your case that may enable them to work with other federal agencies in cases of American or dual citizenship</span>), all of the following must be demonstrated:</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">1. Subject may NOT be a US citizen; and,</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">2. The nomination must include a law enforcement agency contact with 24/7 coverage; and,</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">3. There must be a court order showing which parent has been awarded custody or shows that the Subject is restrained from removing his/her minor child from certain counties, the state or the U.S.; and,</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">4. The Subject must be in the US; and,</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">5. There must be some likelihood that the Subject will attempt to depart in the immediate future.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">With respect to the established guidelines listed above, note that in order to request the listing of the other parent, that person must be an alien of the United States. </div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">The second mandate states a request to place an individual’s name on the Prevent Departure Program must include support by a law enforcement agency or from the Department of State’s Office of Children’s Issues, which has the authority of requesting for the Department of Homeland Security to list a suspected child abductor on the ‘Prevent Departure Program’.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">The third criteria: possessing a custodial order, is essential. Regardless if the other parent has joint custody or rights of visitation, critically, you must make sure that there are injunction orders in place prohibiting the child from being removed from the jurisdiction of habitual residency. Unfortunately, many international parental child abductions are well planned out in advance of the actual abduction, and the targeted parent has no idea that an abduction is in progress until it is too late. This is why it is essential for parents in partnership with non-nationals to be fully aware of the warning signs associated with a potential international child abduction.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">The fourth criteria states the obvious: in order to prevent an alien-parent suspected of abducting a child on U.S. soil, that parent must be on U.S. soil.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">The fifth criteria requests that the applying parent demonstrate that the alien-parent has demonstrated the likelihood of abducting the child across international borders in the immediate future. Remember – you need to document and record as much evidence as possible.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUck7apJQZ-wImfrpt0lhjCod0ewyPPbasNVieY5rTiQxcmW33e-wuNo_jLcL2rYS9OtOLYtCMpbri6YvAnPAjYNJcjKMTEIHhahHi6rLvljVFt5QZV4myMOPH6RVj43QcQMWoYyHZsK3a/s1600/2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUck7apJQZ-wImfrpt0lhjCod0ewyPPbasNVieY5rTiQxcmW33e-wuNo_jLcL2rYS9OtOLYtCMpbri6YvAnPAjYNJcjKMTEIHhahHi6rLvljVFt5QZV4myMOPH6RVj43QcQMWoYyHZsK3a/s1600/2.jpeg" /></a>For many parents who face the risk of having their child abducted and removed across international borders, the nightmare that both targeted parent and victimized child face is unbearable. </div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/Prevent_Departure_Progra.html" target="_blank">The Prevent Departure Program</a> is not for everyone and should not be abused; however, in situations where an abduction threat is real and the targeting parent intent on abducting a child is a non-US citizen possessing the capacity to breach court orders and abduct a child of a relationship, the Prevent Departure Program may be a useful tool.</div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: red;">What To Include When Contacting The Department Of State's Office Of Children's Issues:</span><br /><br />Individuals seeking to Department of State assistance and implementation of the Prevent Departure Program should make sure that they have the following information ready to submit to the Office of Children's Issues:<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Full name, date, place of birth of Potential taking parent.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><strong> </strong><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Full name, date, place of birth of Potential left behind parent (and PLBP’s contact info, including a surface address).<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><strong> </strong><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Passport number and issuing country (if available, and not U.S.) for both parents.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><strong> </strong><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Full name of child.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><strong> </strong><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; 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mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Passport number and issuing country of any dual national passport of child (if available).<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><strong> </strong><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Copy of court order with travel restrictions.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><strong> </strong><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Full contact details, including a 24/7 phone and email (to email court documents, we do not have after hours fax access), for law enforcement contact.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><strong> </strong><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Details of potential travel plans.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>The contact information for the Department of State is as follows:<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The United States Department of State</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Office Of Children's Issues</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Abduction Prevention Bureau</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">CA/OCS/CI </span><br /><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">SA-17, 9th Floor </span> </span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">Washington, DC 20522-</span>1709 </span></span></span></div><div sizcache="25" sizset="101"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Phone: 1-888-407-4747 or 202-501-4444</span></span></div><div sizcache="25" sizset="101"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Email: <a href="mailto:prevention@state.gov"><span style="color: red;">prevention@state.gov</span></a></span> </span></div></div><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><b><span style="color: red;">Conclusion</span></b></div><b></b>In the United States, International Parental Child Abduction is clearly beginning to be taken as a serious crime against innocent children. The incredible efforts by the Office Of Children's Issues to protect American children from abduction has produced real, measurable, and impactful results. As the world's abduction rate spirals out of control, an anomaly is occurring in America: children are being protected from kidnapping. <br /><br />From our vantage point in the battle trench fighting abduction, and from our own measurable history of protecting a large number of children who have either been abducted or were targeted from abduction, the I CARE Foundation is fully aware that none of the successes we have had assisting targeted children would be possible if not for the Department of State and the tremendous cooperation protecting children provided by other agencies.<br /><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhb3oedwJmdXWY1y91AsPY6cGgxF3n_3PWMxtS9CTDiwtqio9-gu5jgwu2bTJysgX0lkL_uUiXTvc9AeNm_253NrW593ohJjFYZoWIlHLv_t7hLSK5CK9Q59sLULw-Fpcno1CKNrHFBl5y/s1600/I+CARE+Logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhb3oedwJmdXWY1y91AsPY6cGgxF3n_3PWMxtS9CTDiwtqio9-gu5jgwu2bTJysgX0lkL_uUiXTvc9AeNm_253NrW593ohJjFYZoWIlHLv_t7hLSK5CK9Q59sLULw-Fpcno1CKNrHFBl5y/s1600/I+CARE+Logo.png" /></a></div></div><div align="JUSTIFY">I think it is important to point out that in all cases where a secondary passport is a concern, one of the legal strategies the attorneys associated with the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation</a> have successfully implemented is to seek an emergency order from the court possessing jurisdiction of the child whereas, the petition requests that 'responding parent' (parent believed to planning an abduction) provide formal documentation from the consulate or embassy of their country of origin that grants the consulate or embassy permission to answer a court subpoena concerning the issuance of a passport (the consulate or embassy is not required to do so even if a subpoena is issued), or, that the court order the responding parent to provide an official letter from their country of origin stating that neither a passport for the child has been issued from that country and no application for a passport has been submitted. </div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">During the emergency application, the targeted parent (the 'applicant') has sought a host of measures, including seeking for the court or the applicant to take possession of the child's American passports; and, for the child being placed on the United States Passport Issuance Alert Program; and, for either removal of child access or limited, supervised access of the targeted child by the parent suspected of child snatching. If the Prevent Departure Program is applicable, attorneys have previously sought for the court to request that the U.S. Department of State petition the U.S. Department of Homeland Security place a person considered a high-risk child abductor on the secure screening list to ensure that person does not travel outside of the country with the child unless permitted to do so by court order. <br /><br />However, as stated previously - each abduction prevention case is different. It is imperative that at-risk parents contact the Department of State. Should a parent or attorney have questions they would like to address with the I CARE Foundation, they may do so by email at: <a href="mailto:legal@stopchildabduction.org">legal@stopchildabduction.org</a>. </div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCEfxGb4aYRYL3_ARpFKsuygiIdWuo86hVjNeg54y3cv3hBdQrQUIdujT-6_YrHeO29iK1Z97z4Sr-Krrb_I9tGEX9CJNaPTXgOEdSj3A_lV7qHV40g6dp-RnVPs8p1u9tlDeJ3e1_B1V/s1600/33.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCEfxGb4aYRYL3_ARpFKsuygiIdWuo86hVjNeg54y3cv3hBdQrQUIdujT-6_YrHeO29iK1Z97z4Sr-Krrb_I9tGEX9CJNaPTXgOEdSj3A_lV7qHV40g6dp-RnVPs8p1u9tlDeJ3e1_B1V/s1600/33.jpeg" /></a>I think it is also worth sharing the concern that a parent traveling by land or sea across international adjacent borders (For the United States this means travel to Canada, Mexico, or certain Caribbean island-nations) with a minor under 16 years of age does not need to present a valid passport for their child at the border-crossing (valid passports are required for all travelers regardless of age only when traveling abroad by aircraft) as established by the <a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/Peter_Thomas_Senese_WHTI.html" target="_blank">Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative</a>. <br /><br />Thus, a parent planning to abduct a child could do so by boarding a closed circuit cruise, or by simply driving across the border. It is critical that an attorney attempting to prevent abduction familiarize themselves with the <a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/Peter_Thomas_Senese_WHTI.html" target="_blank">Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative loopholes</a> and present these issues to the court they are litigating over. One other good idea is that they present to the court the statistical realities of child abduction return, including whether a country that appears to be a likely inbound country is a member of the Hague Convention, and whether or not they are a complying country. Of course, that's not all that should be presented to the court. A few other important issues include the potential for severe abuse to the child; and, the severe abuse to the targeted parent, the cost to litigate; and, the ability for the taking parent to disappear abroad, including departing the country they initially 'landed' in, and travel to another country; and finally, the likelihood that a child will be returned. </div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY">I invite you to read <a href="http://internationalparentalchildabduciton.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-vacations-and-international.html" target="_blank">Summer Vacations and International Parental Child Abduction</a> and to visit the official website of the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of State</a>, <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank"> I CARE Foundation</a> and <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/" target="_blank">Chasing The Cyclone</a> for more information about abduction. </div><br />One little word of advice: the majority of parents who have had their child abducted never saw it coming. Do not stick your head in the ground and think this cannot happen to you. Educate yourself.<br /><br />And for anyone who is thinking of either illegally removing an American child-citizen from the United States or who is planning on wrongfully detaining a child abroad, remember, international parental child abduction is a federal crime called kidnapping. Click here to read more about the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/In_t_Kidnapping_Crimes.html" target="_blank">International Parental Kidnapping Crimes Act.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.petersenese.com/" target="_blank">- Peter Thomas Senese -</a><br />- Executive Director-<br /><a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Peter_Thomas_Senese_I_CARE.html" target="_blank">- The I CARE Foundation-</a><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"><br /></div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"> </div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"> </div><br /><div align="JUSTIFY"> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-14445776025048405652013-09-22T20:39:00.000-07:002013-09-22T20:39:16.574-07:00Peter Senese: Stopping An International Abduction To JapanOver the years I have been actively involved in voluntarily helping and protecting children in crisis which has lead to my work of helping to stop child abduction. I made a promise years ago when I was searching, and that was to one day try to make a difference, and I strive to do that each day.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZq38ZAwNCHPVdnFw-CBvGMqf3wBEcV1oBJEGI4bzj2g_4HvRCkqOwvPPTWYFUoDJqpRJiqn4ElsKL6ixEBvT2fXxi2K8BvrSrLwhpIqNk1-zKxOZFj7Ph8-FZNIXbdwzJljZ4GOtfGgI/s1600/I+CARE+Logo+Call+To+Arms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZq38ZAwNCHPVdnFw-CBvGMqf3wBEcV1oBJEGI4bzj2g_4HvRCkqOwvPPTWYFUoDJqpRJiqn4ElsKL6ixEBvT2fXxi2K8BvrSrLwhpIqNk1-zKxOZFj7Ph8-FZNIXbdwzJljZ4GOtfGgI/s1600/I+CARE+Logo+Call+To+Arms.jpg" /></a>During this timeframe, I have been involved in a rather large number of abduction cases: either trying to prevent abduction or bring a kidnapped child home under the rules of the Hague Convention.<br />
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<a href="http://www.petersenese.com/uploads/Testimonial_Letter_19..pdf" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">I would like to share a recent letter from a parent who had their child targeted for abduction to Japan</span></a>. If the child was able to have been removed from the United Stated, the parent would have never been able to see their child again.<br />
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There are no words that can express the depth of the tragedy that would have occurred for both child and targeted parent if abduction occurred.<br />
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Fortunately the I CARE Foundation stepped in and we protected both child and parent. This Is How: <br />
<a href="http://petersenese.com/uploads/Testimonial_Letter_19..pdf" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Read the Sworn Testimonial Letter From The Targeted Parent.</span></a><br />
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Now over the years, the I CARE Foundation has had to deal with many issues concerning abduction to Japan. The reality is that Japan does not return internationally abducted children. They remain a non-signatory member of the Hague Convention. And critically, they place the lives of children of abduction at risk.<br />
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As for the targeted parent who was able to protect their child, I must say that he unquestionably is one of the kindest, gentlest, and loving parents I know.<br />
<a href="http://www.petersenese.com/Testimonial_Letters.html" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzQ76A0XWgHlyxWyWQzaziAbzj1_KLerApC767mUzaDPhWee8zxHWexIDSJADNK_51G-Y-VrS4636yA4JTsRVG7Jeub_CqOrUn4ViwQJPtpg5c_HQ-YiuJe_DCzYs5cgX3-dFKiweVL4/s320/d863c89a199adc28fc1fc272c30eb5e6.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
To read a large number of select testimonial letters from parents who I and the I CARE Foundation have assisted, <a href="http://www.petersenese.com/Testimonial_Letters.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Please Click Here. </span></a><br />
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Critically, parents need to know the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Abduction_Warning_Signs.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Warning Signs Of International Parental Child Abduction.</span></a><br />
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Of great interest is the fact that the I CARE Foundation's groundbreaking <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Child_Travel_Consent_Form.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">International Travel Child Consent Form</span></a> is being hailed as one of the most important child abduction prevention tools ever created.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zJhQkdi83g1kTrbYDhRoRoc_CfSpM7FnZsN0oPTLTWaALCE0plhHeyeyyl_4FRtHrXlMvAkHTCbJJa9IPSRjkgeQ6tLa-jdhKdlnKzpTAKVZmQ0ox-yGz2phf2YBkAqGlhRuoLjCt9Y/s1600/Unknown-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zJhQkdi83g1kTrbYDhRoRoc_CfSpM7FnZsN0oPTLTWaALCE0plhHeyeyyl_4FRtHrXlMvAkHTCbJJa9IPSRjkgeQ6tLa-jdhKdlnKzpTAKVZmQ0ox-yGz2phf2YBkAqGlhRuoLjCt9Y/s1600/Unknown-1.jpeg" /></a>On a personal note, it is my honor to be able to have helped as many parents and children as I and my colleagues at the I CARE Foundation have. <br />
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The shared select testimonials were provided in order to educate others of the severity parents around the world face when dealing with the abduction of their child. <br />
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<a href="http://www.peterthomassenese.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Peter Thomas Senese </span></a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-26685915109113408722013-09-13T07:51:00.000-07:002014-11-15T09:15:18.672-08:00I CARE Foundation's International Travel Child Consent Form Continues To Make A Difference Protecting Children From Abduction<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZq38ZAwNCHPVdnFw-CBvGMqf3wBEcV1oBJEGI4bzj2g_4HvRCkqOwvPPTWYFUoDJqpRJiqn4ElsKL6ixEBvT2fXxi2K8BvrSrLwhpIqNk1-zKxOZFj7Ph8-FZNIXbdwzJljZ4GOtfGgI/s1600/I+CARE+Logo+Call+To+Arms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZq38ZAwNCHPVdnFw-CBvGMqf3wBEcV1oBJEGI4bzj2g_4HvRCkqOwvPPTWYFUoDJqpRJiqn4ElsKL6ixEBvT2fXxi2K8BvrSrLwhpIqNk1-zKxOZFj7Ph8-FZNIXbdwzJljZ4GOtfGgI/s1600/I+CARE+Logo+Call+To+Arms.jpg" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">The </span><a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #e53319; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation's International Travel Child Consent Form</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"> continues to be a tool utilized by parents and the legal community on a global scale that is making an incredible impact on the fight to stop children from being internationally parentally abducted.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">As many of you are aware, the summer months are a time where international abductions are at the highest levels and, in my role as the Executive Director of the I CARE Foundation, I am pleased to say that every child that was expected to be returned home around the world, that used the Travel Consent Form, has indeed done just that... come home!</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">I invite you to read a piece that the <a href="http://www.cobar.org/repository/email_templates/Family/I_CARE_Foundation_InternationalTravelConsent.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Colorado Bar Association wrote about the I CARE Foundation and our groundbreaking International Travel Child Consent Form</span></a>. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">To read more about the I CARE Foundation's International Travel Child Consent Form and to download a copy of the form, please visit </span><a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Child_Travel_Consent_Form.html" style="background-color: white; color: #e53319; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The I CARE Foundation's website. </a><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Kindest regards to all,</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Peter_Thomas_Senese_I_CARE.html" style="background-color: white; color: #e53319; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Peter Thomas Senese</a><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Executive Director</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">The I CARE Foundation</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-38580838853038642252013-08-23T20:10:00.000-07:002014-11-15T09:15:18.690-08:00International Child Abduction and The Prevent Departure Program<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhb3oedwJmdXWY1y91AsPY6cGgxF3n_3PWMxtS9CTDiwtqio9-gu5jgwu2bTJysgX0lkL_uUiXTvc9AeNm_253NrW593ohJjFYZoWIlHLv_t7hLSK5CK9Q59sLULw-Fpcno1CKNrHFBl5y/s1600/I+CARE+Logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhb3oedwJmdXWY1y91AsPY6cGgxF3n_3PWMxtS9CTDiwtqio9-gu5jgwu2bTJysgX0lkL_uUiXTvc9AeNm_253NrW593ohJjFYZoWIlHLv_t7hLSK5CK9Q59sLULw-Fpcno1CKNrHFBl5y/s1600/I+CARE+Logo.png" /></a></div>Earlier this summer I had shared an article that I had written on <a href="http://internationalparentalchildabduciton.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-vacations-and-international.html" target="_blank">Summer Vacations and International Child Abduction Warning Signs</a>. The article explained in detail some of the possible scenarios and techniques that a potential abductor may use in order to wrongfully remove a child from their home country of jurisdiction. Even though that article was focused on the time of summer vacations, a time where approximately 85% to 95% of all parental abductions occur in the United States or abroad, even though summer is almost over international parental child abduction still poses a very serious threat for many families.<br /><br />As always, the I CARE Foundation works toward the goal of preventing international child abductions. One of the major keys to protecting innocent children from abduction is raising awareness of the realities of international abduction with the hope that our messages about the risks and warning signs that a kidnapping is being planned may allow a parent or other stakeholders the opportunity to prevent abduction. Historically, the U.S. rate of reported cases of outbound abduction has declined by approximately 15% during the fiscal years 2011 and 2012, and that is after nearly 30 years of reported growth. This tells us that abduction prevention efforts are working.<br /><br />Now one of the most concerning risk factors that will lead to international child abduction is the use of a would-be taking parent to use a secondary passport not issued by the United States government in order to depart the country as shared in detail in the article published on behalf of the I CARE Foundation titled <a href="http://chasingthecyclone-italiano.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-vacation-child-abduction-dual.html" target="_blank">Summer Vacation. Child Abduction. Dual Citizenship. Two Passports. How To Prevent Abduction</a>. <br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span><br />I urge any parent who believes they are at risk of abduction to read both articles that I have listed. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the most effective tools available for at-risk parents trying to prevent abduction is the Prevent Departure Program, which is a secure screening program that lists any individual considered by the courts or law enforcement to be a high-risk child abductor. In order to be placed on the Prevent Departure Program, there are certain requirements, one of which presently includes that the person cannot be a citizen of the United States of America. Thus, only aliens residents (or non-residents) physically located in the United States may be put on the Prevent Departure Program at the request of the Department of State to the Department of Homeland Security. </div><br />Unfortunately, the caveat is that in order for a person to be considered a candidate for the Prevent Departure Program they are not American citizens, which presents a problem since individuals who possess dual citizenship, including American citizenship, cannot be placed on the Prevent Departure Program list. Hopefully, there will be a modification in policy so that American citizens who are considered to be high-risk child abductors can be placed on a secure screening list. The following press release provides details of the need to have the Prevent Departure Program policy modified: <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9164789.htm" target="_blank">Peter Thomas Senese & The CARE Foundation Supports GAO Recommendation to Create Departure Screening List for High-Risk U.S. Citizens Considered High-Risk Child Abductors</a>.<br /><br />So what is the Prevent Departure Program and how can it be applied?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Case Study</b></u> </div><br />Lets begin by suggesting Parent A is a citizen of another country but lives in the United States with Parent B. Parent B is a United States citizen. Parent A need not be married to Parent B. <br /><br />During the course of A and B’s relationship, a child is born in the United States. When this occurs, the child is automatically a United States Citizen by birth.<br /><br />In all likelihood, the child also will retain automatic citizenship to the nation that Parent A is a national of. <br /><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Let us assume both parents enjoy a right of custody to the child either through marriage, or, in cases where there is no marriage, either by state statue or by court orders.</span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">During the course of time, Parent A decides to end the relationship and desires to return to their nation of origin with the child.</span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Now, Parent B, having great concern that Parent A intends to take the child and flee the United States and go to another country, obtains court orders forbidding Parent A from taking the child out of the country. The court orders for Parent A to turn over to the court the child’s US passport if one has been issued, and further directs the child’s name to be registered with the Children’s Passport Issuance Alert Program, thus essentially removing the potential abducting parent from being able to remove the child from the United States using an American passport issued in the child’s name.</span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">In addition, Parent B successfully requests that the court notify the embassy of the country Parent A is a citizen of, whereas, the court informs the embassy that a child custody dispute is alive and well in the jurisdiction of the child’s country of habitual residency, and the court requests for that foreign embassy not to issue a passport in the child’s name, thus securing the inability of the child from departing until the court proceedings are finalized.</span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Problem solved? No</span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">In many circumstances, a pending departure is already well planned before the targeted parent becomes aware of it. Parent A may already have in their possession a passport issued by their nation of origin for the child. If this is the case, it is very difficult for the US court to seize the foreign passport of the child, particularly if it is not known whether a passport has been issued in the child’s name. </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">If a passport has not been issued in the child’s name, then in all likelihood, Parent A will attempt to obtain one regardless if the child’s passport application requires Parent B’s signature or not. In fact, certain countries do not require the signature of the mother of a child, only the father.</span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">In addition, each nation obtains a sovereign right to oversee their own citizens, and since the child may be considered a citizen of the country of Parent A too, the embassy is not required or obligated to follow the U.S. court’s orders. They have every right and may issue a passport in the child’s name despite requests not to do so. And make no mistake about this, in more cases than not, particularly if Parent A is very persuasive when communicating with someone from their own embassy, they will successfully obtain the passport.</span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">If Parent A has possession of a non-US passport for their child, they very well may be able to physically leave the country with the child and illegally abduct the child. What is perhaps even more troubling is the fact that Parent B has no way or right to know if a passport was issued from the native country of Parent A in the name of the child. </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">A disaster waiting to happen? You bet it is.</span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">But there is hope for those parents who find themselves in a scenario where Parent A is not an American citizen living in the United States with their child and, Parent A possess a foreign passport for the child of the relationship.</span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Since 2003, United States citizens have had available a very effective international child abduction prevention tool called ‘The Prevent Departure Program’. Unfortunately, many parents at risk of having their child internationally abducted are not aware that this incredibly useful tool is available to them.</span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">In the aftermath of 911, the Department of Homeland Security’s ‘Prevent Departure Program’ was created to stop non-U.S. citizens from departing the country. The program applies to non-US citizens physically located in America considered individuals at risk of child abduction. The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) oversees this program and it is monitored 24 hours a day.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">What the ‘Prevent Departure Program’ does is provide immediate information to the transportation industry, including all air, land, and sea channels a single point of contact at Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and provides a comprehensive database of individuals the United States believes may immediately depart to a foreign country.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The program only applies to aliens, and is not available to stop U.S. citizens or dual U.S./foreign citizens from leaving the country.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Under Section 215 of the ‘Immigration and Nationality Act’ (8 U.S.C. 1185) and it’s implementing regulations (8 CFR Part 215 and 22 CFR Part 46), it authorizes departure-control officers to prevent an alien’s departure from the United States if the alien’s departure would be prejudicial to the interests of the United States. These regulations include would-be abductions of U.S. citizens in accordance to court orders originating from the child’s court of habitual residency.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">If the abductor and child are identified, they will be denied boarding. In order to detain them after boarding is denied, there must be a court order prohibiting the child’s removal or providing for the child’s pick-up, or a warrant for the abductor.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">In order for an at risk parent to participate in the program, all of the following must be demonstrated:</span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Subject may NOT be a US citizen; and,</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The nomination must include a law enforcement agency contact with 24/7 coverage; and,</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">There must be a court order showing which parent has been awarded custody or shows that the Subject is restrained from removing his/her minor child from certain counties, the state or the U.S.; and,</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The Subject must be in the US; and,</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">There must be some likelihood that the Subject will attempt to depart in the immediate future.</span></li></ol></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">With respect to the established guidelines listed above, note that in order to request the listing of the other parent, that person must be an alien of the United States. The program does not apply to US citizens at risk of leaving the country.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The second mandate states a request to place an individual’s name on the Prevent Departure Program must include support by a law enforcement agency or from the Department of State’s Office of Children’s Issues, which has the authority of requesting for the Department of Homeland Security to list a suspected child abductor on the ‘Prevent Departure Program’.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The third criteria: possessing a custodial order, is essential. Regardless if the other parent has joint custody or rights of visitation, critically, you must make sure that there are injunction orders in place prohibiting the child from being removed from the jurisdiction of habitual residency. Unfortunately, many international parental child abductions are well planned out in advance of the actual abduction, and the targeted parent has no idea that an abduction is in progress until it is too late. This is why it is essential for parents in partnership with non-nationals to be fully aware of the warning signs associated with a potential international child abduction.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The fourth criteria states the obvious: in order to prevent an alien-parent suspected of abducting a child on U.S. soil, that parent must be on U.S. soil.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The fifth criteria requests that the applying parent demonstrate that the alien-parent has demonstrated the likelihood of abducting the child across international borders in the immediate future. Remember – you need to document and record as much evidence as possible.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">For many parents who face the risk of having their child abducted and removed across international borders, the nightmare that both targeted parent and victimized child face is unbearable. </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The Prevent Departure Program is not for everyone and should not be abused; however, in situations where an abduction threat is real and the targeting parent intent on abducting a child is a non-US citizen possessing the capacity to breach court orders and abduct a child of a relationship, the Prevent Departure Program may be a useful tool.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">For more information on the ‘Prevent Departure Program’, please visit the <a href="http://travel.state.gov/abduction/abduction_580.html"><span style="color: blue;">U.S. Department of State’s website</span></a> or contact the Office of Children’s Issues.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Finally, the Department of State's Office Of Children's Issues Abduction Prevention Division is in charge of requesting that an individual be considered a candidate to be listed on the Prevent Departure Program. From our experience, it is critically important that a court order be issued stating that a specific person be listed on the Prevent Departure Program, and that person is restrained from traveling outside of the United States with the specified children of the partnership considered by the court to be at risk of possible abduction. </span><br /><br /></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">For more information on international parental child abduction please visit the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Peter_Thomas_Senese_I_CARE.html" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation.</a> Some of you may be interested in also visiting the official website of my deeply inspired novel about abduction titled <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/PETER_THOMAS_SENESE..html" target="_blank">CHASING THE CYCLONE</a>, which contains a great amount of information on abduction.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Kindest regards to all - </span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal verdana; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><a href="http://www.peterthomassenese.com/" target="_blank">Peter Thomas Senese</a> </span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-43369214492306345472013-08-22T15:06:00.001-07:002013-08-22T15:06:18.568-07:00The Den Of The Assassin Author, Peter Thomas Senese, Makes A Generous Donation Helping Families In Crisis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://peterthomassenese.com/" target="_blank">Peter Thomas Senese</a>, author of the critically-acclaimed novel,
<a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/" target="_blank">Chasing The Cyclone</a>, made a promise a number of years ago, after his son was internationally abducted to the other side of the world - Peter Thomas Senese said: <i>“A long time ago, while I was searching… I
made a promise to one day try to make a difference so others would never have
to chase the cyclone. My work continues…”<o:p></o:p></i>
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<i><br /></i>Today, his work does continue... for not only is Peter Thomas Senese a best-selling
author, but he is also the Founding Director of the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation</a>, an organization that is dedicated to raising global awareness about the serious issue of international child
abduction and trafficking. The I CARE Foundation has, and continues to play a major role in creating legislative initiatives that are helping to reduce the rate of abduction. In fact, since the start of the I CARE Foundation, the<a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Abduction_Rate_Drops_15_.html" target="_blank"> rate of international child abductions originating from the United States, have dropped by over 15% each year during the years 2011 and 2012</a>.<br />
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Peter Thomas Senese has made it very clear that he is committed to helping families targeted for
international abduction, both through his work with the I CARE Foundation and also by the fact that he so generously donates 100% of
the royalties earned from the sale of his e-books,including <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-The-Cyclone-ebook/dp/B005LRXVQM/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1376579217&sr=8-1&keywords=chasing+the+cyclone" target="_blank">Chasing The Cyclone</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Den-Assassin-Peter-Thomas-Senese/dp/0975912305/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1376579171&sr=8-2&keywords=den+of+the+assassin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Den Of The Assassin</a>.<br />
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The fast-paced, legal thriller, Chasing The Cyclone has been heralded as a must read by targeted
parents that are desperately trying to protect their children from
international child abduction. Peter Thomas Senese's novel has been
recognized by child abduction prevention advocates as a road map on how a
parent may either prevent the international abduction of their child or reunite
with their child. As international parental child abduction continues to
be a grave concern for thousands of parents each year, resource guides that
outline child abduction risk factors and preventive measures against abduction
are critically important. Chasing The Cyclone provides parents with keen
insight on these issues.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Den-Assassin-ebook/dp/B005LRWIZC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=" target="_blank">The Den Of The Assassin</a> is being praised by top critics as an international financial
espionage thriller that is filled with the modern-day realities of our post
9-11 world. The story is steeped with realism and the frightful
possibilities of global cyber and biological terrorism. It opens in New York City where unassuming
investment banker, Tyler Boxter, is preoccupied with his career on Wall Street,
which acts a personal shield against the trappings of life that hides the
guilt, pain and memories he doesn't want. During one of the biggest deals
of his career, and unknown to Boxter, he is about to play a sophisticated but
explosive game against a savage and merciless madman.<br />
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<o:p></o:p><a href="http://petersenese.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Thomas Senese</a> had this to say about The Den Of The Assassin: <i>"For readers who enjoy fast-paced,
multi-dimensional plots based upon historical events and plausible possibilities
relevant to the world we live in today, The Den Of The Assassin will take
readers on a thrilling global geopolitical journey that begins in New York
City's Wall Street. The reader is quickly introduced to the hidden and
unseen worlds that exists within nations that have highly questionable agendas
toward the United States and the West, including, but not limited to, China,
Russia, North Korea and Iran. It is here, in there worlds that disturbing
plans that stand against America and the West's idea of liberty and freedom are
carefully hatched and cultivated. Most concerningly, as each nation has
become more reliant on one another in our global society, a new level of
extraordinary vulnerability to our national security has been created, on
perhaps we may not be prepared for. In The Den Of The Assassin, I believe
readers will find the uniquely accurate information on this subject that is
carefully weaved through an intricate, entertaining storyline to be quite
fascinating - and disturbing."</i><o:p></o:p><br />
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Reviewers of The Den Of The Assassin have praised Peter Thomas Senese's
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Renowned book critic Daniel Jolley commented: <i>"This is one
seriously good thriller. Billed as a 'novel of international finance and
espionage', Den Of The Assassin is a super-realistic exploration of frightening
possibilities, unsurpassed heroism, Lucifer-life evil, and terrorism of the
worst kind... The novel revolves around some kind of Day of the Jackal-like
assassination plot, but the complexity of this novel stretches it's tendrils
deeply into international finance, the vagaries of the American legal and
health care systems, international terrorism, diplomacy, intelligence, WMD, and
cold-blooded murder - with a little romance thrown in just to stir up the pot a
little more. Peter Thomas Senese does a masterful job traversing the inner
hallways of diverse institutions as he slowly brings all these diverse elements
together for a slam-bang climax... Peter Thomas Senese displays a wealth of knowledge
of geopolitics, espionage and international finance, describing all the technical
intricacies of the story's elements and implications with great attention to
detail - without ever letting the pace get bogged down or become confusing to
the reader. He also keeps a number of secrets close to the vest, saving
them for just the right time in the story. This serves to make the book
thoroughly believable and increasingly suspenseful. There's no shortage of
action here. What Tyler finds himself involved in is nothing less than a
war, and he must fight to save not only himself, his friends and his company,
but his very country from an unimaginable catastrophe. The Father's
network of agents and killers is as formidable as they come, and the
security-related forces Tyler brings into the game are some of the best money
can buy. In the end though, the drama becomes deeply personal, as the
Father and Tyler Boxter rush headlong toward a face-to-face encounter of epic
proportions... Many a writer of thrillers seem to drop the ball somewhere in
the middle of their novels, but Peter Thomas Senese's knowledge of geopolitics,
international finance and 21st century terrorist threats keeps the fires of
detailed complexity and story evolution stoked and red-hot for the entire ride.
Tyler Boxter is no James Bond, but Den Of The Assassin proves to be just
as exciting as any 007 caper - and much more realistic."</i><o:p></o:p>
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<a href="http://www.petersenese.com/Peter_s_Books.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Predators Games</a>, which will be released soon, is the riveting sequel to The
Den Of The Assassin. It propels readers into the shocking and deadly
world of alternative energy speculation and depicts the world's power-nations
conspiring against one another in an extremely dangerous and potentially
cataclysmic quest to control what was once the unthinkable unfolds as unique
characters initially introduced in The Den Of The Assassin race into real and
startling possibilities evolving around advances in alternatives energy and
mankind's greed.<o:p></o:p><br />
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To learn more about Peter Thomas Senese and his various writings or <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Peter_Thomas_Senese_I_CARE.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">child advocacy</a>... or to order an autographed and dedicated copy of one of Peter's novels,
please visit any of the following websites:<o:p></o:p><br />
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<a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation</a><o:p></o:p><br />
<a href="http://peterthomassenese.com/" target="_blank">The Official Website of Peter Thomas Senese</a><o:p></o:p><br />
<a href="http://thedenoftheassassinbook.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">The Official Website of The Den Of The Assassin</a><o:p></o:p><br />
<a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/" target="_blank">The Official Website of Chasing The Cyclone</a><br />
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You can also purchase Peter's e-books at:<br />
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<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s?store=allproducts&keyword=peter+thomas+senese" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-59804514444848913102013-08-04T08:49:00.000-07:002015-04-05T08:53:36.717-07:00Peter Thomas Senese and I CARE Foundation Launch International Travel Child Consent Form To Stop Child Abduction<h2 class="title" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1.9em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Peter Thomas Senese & The I CARE Foundation's Hague Convention Oriented International Child Abduction Prevention Tool Provides Family Lawyers New Weapon To Protect Children</span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: small;">Family law attorneys worldwide are calling The I CARE Foundation’s groundbreaking International Travel Child Consent Form as a groundbreaking universal child abduction prevention tool that can be used to protect children at risk of international parental abduction.</span></h3>
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The I CARE Foundation’s International Travel Child Consent Form is being viewed by highly respected international family law attorneys around the world who are deeply familiar with the grave challenges of international parental child abduction prevention and reunification as a significant new tool that may assist them and courts protect against abduction.</div>
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Worldwide, <a href="http://internationalparentalchildabduciton.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-vacations-and-international.html" style="color: #07689b; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">international parental child abduction increases substantially during the summer</a> months when children are on summer school break. One of the primary methods behind these abductions under the rules established by the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction occurs when a parent wrongfully detains a child in a foreign country outside of a court order or without consent of the other parent after the ‘taking parent’ is initially granted permission to travel with the child to a foreign country.<br />
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In many of these cases the ‘taking parent’ carefully conspires to mislead and defraud the courts and the ‘targeted parent’ of their true intent: to relocate in their country of origin with the child while removing the targeted parent's contact with their child. Detecting abduction schemes is often not easy. In fact, some parents conceal their true intent to abduct by inviting the child's other parent to travel abroad with them in an attempt to avoid suspicion of abduction. However, once in a foreign country (often the conspiring parent's country of origin), the conspiring parent unleashes a horrible scheme intended to remove the other parent’s rights to the child. They often succeed.<br />
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The I CARE Foundation’s comprehensive <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Child_Travel_Consent_Form.html" style="color: #07689b; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">'International Travel Child Consent Form'</a> was created to prevent these types of international parental child abduction schemes by calling for both parties to affirm key components central to the ability for an abductor to mount a false and misleading legal defense while also creating additional affirmations for an expeditious return of a child who has been wrongfully detained.<br />
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Steep in Hague-oriented case law with focus on Articles 1, 12, 13 and 20, the I CARE Foundation's International Travel Child Consent Form was created to remove a parent's legal defenses under Articles 12, 13, and 20 of the Hague Convention who may be scheming to abduct a child prior to an alleged 'family vacation' abroad while also establishing strong support for a child’s immediate return under Article 1 of the Hague Convention.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sejaspardoadvocats.com/" style="color: #07689b; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Silvia A. Sejas Pardo,</a> a highly respected Argentinean and Spanish international lawyer based in Spain and who is a <a href="http://www.asociacionfasim.org/" style="color: #07689b; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Founding Member of FASIM,</a> an international association of attorneys dedicated to preventing child abduction commented, "We need to continue to treat child abduction and prevention of kidnapping as something extremely exceptional as we are dealing with children's lives. The uncertainty and abuse related to abduction is not in their interest. The I CARE Foundation's International Travel Child Consent Form is workable and would make child abduction more difficult as this document is a legally strong piece of evidence that may result in protecting many children. I hope all Hague-member states embrace this initiative."<br />
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<a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Peter_Thomas_Senese_I_CARE.html" style="color: #07689b; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Peter Thomas Senese of the I CARE Foundation</a> and author of the critically acclaimed <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-The-Cyclone-ebook/dp/B005LRXVQM" style="color: #07689b; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Chasing The Cyclone</a> and lead creator of the consent form added, "The new abduction prevention tool was created to help provide clarity and directional paths for any court or law enforcement agency overseeing international parental child abduction associated with the wrongful retention of a child abroad. As the new international travel consent form reaches into Central Authorities and courtrooms around the world, and as attorneys dedicated to protecting children implement this tool or one similar to what the I CARE Foundation has created, we hope that there is a dramatic decline in abusive child abductions. We may not have created a new law, but we have created a universal child abduction prevention tool the entire world can use."<br />
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Mexico’s <a href="http://www.theinternationallawgroup.com/" style="color: #07689b; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Carlos Alvarado</a>, a renowned international family lawyer specializing in international parental child abduction prevention and reunification issues, and who is actively involved in new legislation initiatives in Mexico focused on protecting children of abduction added, "As a law practitioner deeply familiar with Hague Convention law and the great challenges parents and lawyers have protecting children targeted for international abduction, it is critical that new and creative abduction prevention tools are utilized to protect children. The I CARE Foundation's International Travel Child Consent Form is an important tool that can and should be used to prevent children from being wrongfully detained in a foreign country. We intend to widely implement this new tool to protect children in Mexico and whenever possible, assist parents who have had a child abducted to Mexico who have utilized this agreement. This is a tool all attorneys should use." <br />
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Adding further insight, renown <a href="http://www.napleslegalhelp.com/" style="color: #07689b; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Florida family law attorney Denise Gunn</a>, who is a member of the U.S. Department of State’s Hague Convention Attorney Network and who recently prevented the abduction of two minors from Florida to a non-Hague Middle Eastern country in a complex custody dispute added, “New and applicable international child abduction prevention resources such as the I CARE Foundation's International Travel Child Consent form is a critically needed tool to stop the abusive criminal act of parental abduction. Once implemented, the foundation's groundbreaking Hague Convention-oriented travel consent form should protect a large population of at-risk children around the world who are targeted for wrongful retention under the rules of local and international law. The ingenuity and thoughtful creation of this agreement illustrates the expertise and commitment of the I CARE Foundation to protect children."<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianlawlist.com/listingdetail/company/hammerschmid-linda-676302/" style="color: #07689b; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Linda Hammerschmid</a> is Secretary of the Family Law Association of Quebec and a Family Law practitioner in Montreal Canada with over 30 years’ experience in the field. Ms. Hammerschmid commented, “The creation of the new International Travel Consent form is a MUST have, not only for Government Departments, Family Law Attorneys and divorcing couples, but also for INTACT families, and should be kept at the homes of ALL parents to use whenever one or the other wishes to travel alone with their children. Far too often the traveling parent only informs the other, AFTER departure, of their intention not to return the children.” The I CARE Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing child abduction.<br />
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Jennifer Cluff, one of the world’s foremost parenting blog writers who has stewarded the message of child abduction prevention on her <a href="http://www.mom-ology.ca/" style="color: #07689b; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Mom-ology</a> parent site added, “Parents at risk of having a child kidnapped often are not aware of the scheme against them. The I CARE Foundation's tool is something all parenting-focused writers need to share with their readers, especially since the majority of our reader-base is the near-identical demographic of targeted parents.”<br />
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To download a copy of the 'International Travel Child Consent Form' in English or Spanish please visit the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" style="color: #07689b; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">I CARE Foundation's official website.</a> For more information about suggestions on how to implement the form and to obtain the legal analysis used to create this abduction prevention tool, please contact by email: legal@stopchildabduction.org or call 310.882.3967.<br />
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<span class="hps">La forma</span> <span class="hps">di viaggio</span> <span class="hps">bambino è stato</span> <span class="hps">progettato per aiutare a</span> <span class="hps">proteggere i bambini dal</span> <span class="hps">sequestro</span> <span class="hps">ai sensi delle norme</span> <span class="hps">della Convenzione dell'Aia</span>.<br />
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<span class="hps">Questo può essere il</span> <span class="hps">più importante</span> <span class="hps">strumento di prevenzione</span> <span class="hps">bambino</span> <span class="hps">rapimento</span> <span class="hps">creato</span>.<br />
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<span class="hps">Il</span> <span class="hps">Care Foundation</span> <span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">estende</span> <span class="hps">il nostro più profondo</span> <span class="hps">apprezzamento e ringraziamento</span> <span class="hps">al Sig.</span> <span class="hps">Maurizio</span> <span class="hps">Rigamonti</span>, <span class="hps">che ha sopportato</span> <span class="hps">così tanto</span> <span class="hps">come un genitore</span> <span class="hps">mirati per</span> <span class="hps">rapimento</span>. <span class="hps">Nonostante tutto</span> <span class="hps">signor</span> <span class="hps">Rigamonti</span> <span class="hps">ha dovuto affrontare</span>, continua <span class="hps">a cercare di</span> <span class="hps">aiutare</span> <span class="hps">altri genitori</span> <span class="hps">mirati</span> <span class="hps">per</span> <span class="hps">rapimento</span>.<br />
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<span class="hps">Si prega di visitare</span> <span class="hps">il</span> <span class="hps">sito della Fondazione</span> <span class="hps">CURA</span> <span class="hps">I per</span> <span class="hps">maggiori</span> <span class="hps">informazioni</span>. <span class="hps">Grazie.</span><br />
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<span class="hps"></span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-22233694754031982892013-06-18T11:57:00.000-07:002014-11-15T09:15:18.823-08:00Child Custody Fights, Divorce, Summer Vacation and International Travel Child Consent Forms: The I CARE Foundation<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <u>International Travel Child Consent Forms, Agreements, </u></span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial;"><strong><u>and International Child Abduction Prevention</u></strong></span></div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpI2WbcSnV_PnFOS3S3Ix1jiKTdyGHx3cta2Nk05Wtu6ujKpCTWQ4BUya11X8YLl56ncK7Nq0PNeNF6bDx_uY21sLFo8k-yg4AUma4MMULvS-239O32JQmqPDyou0zwkJJofiLz46_EM/s1600/Airport-plane-landing-over-water.jpg" height="126" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank">The I CARE Foundation Is Dedicated To Stopping International Parental Child Abduction</a></span></strong> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">Parents involved in nasty child custody disputes, especially international child custody disputes and related travel to a child, and who are concerned about allowing the other parent to take their child to a foreign country during child custody litigation better think carefully about allowing a child to travel abroad. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/" target="_blank">International parental child abduction</a> associated with child custody disputes and litigation related to travel permission granted by a court is commonplace. In reality, if a parent wants to abduct a child and not return them, they have a good chance of succeeding and not returning with the child.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">Often, parents involved in international child custody disputes and who may be targeted for abduction think that their child is best protected from abduction when there is a court agreement in place for the child to return if the other parent is granted travel. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">I speak from personal travel when I tell you that unless their is an international travel child consent form that has immediate ramifications attached to it, then a parent and child targeted for abduction are in serious risk. Abduction is not in the best interest of a child. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhb3oedwJmdXWY1y91AsPY6cGgxF3n_3PWMxtS9CTDiwtqio9-gu5jgwu2bTJysgX0lkL_uUiXTvc9AeNm_253NrW593ohJjFYZoWIlHLv_t7hLSK5CK9Q59sLULw-Fpcno1CKNrHFBl5y/s1600/I+CARE+Logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhb3oedwJmdXWY1y91AsPY6cGgxF3n_3PWMxtS9CTDiwtqio9-gu5jgwu2bTJysgX0lkL_uUiXTvc9AeNm_253NrW593ohJjFYZoWIlHLv_t7hLSK5CK9Q59sLULw-Fpcno1CKNrHFBl5y/s1600/I+CARE+Logo.png" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">Often the best agreements do not work because they do not take into consideration a wide range of abduction-related defenses a taking parent may use. This is true despite the best intent of lawyers and judges trying to come up with a smart solution during child custody litigation. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">Unfortunately, there are many times when a targeted parent consents to travel with their spouse or partner - not knowing that they are a target of abduction. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">They are tricked. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">Remember, fraud, schemes, and conspiracy to fraud and kidnap a child are commonplace in international parental child abduction. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">In essence, they travel with the child and other parent to another country. Once abroad, the other parent puts into action a plan to permanantly remove the child from the other parents life. Often the best efforts of a targeted parent fail.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/" target="_blank">International parental child abduction</a> is complicated.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">The Hague Convention offers civil remedies for children and parents of abduction. However, the process can be difficult at times and often does not work due to the complexities of law and the limited support a targeted parent may recieve litigating their case to reunite with their child.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSu8gWSzzoulC3axHLhs4LKAcwl_sQ43ZscS32CO_jrV7IMAbiO9TNCsqpBwzZxTraHZ491MsAWdY8kaS86U3INpaLMMTfn1XjR2S34RRHNf9vlbZQWGdsbvbLE4xVMWujsS3a6KXi11r6/s1600/imagesCA9BB5FY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSu8gWSzzoulC3axHLhs4LKAcwl_sQ43ZscS32CO_jrV7IMAbiO9TNCsqpBwzZxTraHZ491MsAWdY8kaS86U3INpaLMMTfn1XjR2S34RRHNf9vlbZQWGdsbvbLE4xVMWujsS3a6KXi11r6/s1600/imagesCA9BB5FY.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">The best way to prevent abduction is to stop international parental child abduction. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">The I CARE Foundation has created a unique International Travel Child Consent Form intended to assist ensure the child's return home should their be an abduction.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">With a significant number of international child abductions that will occur this summer based upon wrongful detention of a child abroad, the I CARE Foundation's International Travel Child Consent Form may be one of the best tools available to assist parents and children at risk of abduction.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">The travel consent form for the child must be signed and notarized by both parents.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">Please visit the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Child_Travel_Consent_Form.html" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation website to download a free copy of the International Travel Child Consent Form</a>. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">Parents involved in child custody disputes, separation or divorce must be proactive in protecting their children. Being proactive is the best way to protect your child.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">Please visit <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank">The I CARE Foundation</a>.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">To read more about my writing and novels, including <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-The-Cyclone-ebook/dp/B005LRXVQM" target="_blank">'Chasing The Cyclone'</a> please visit <a href="http://www.petersenese.com/" target="_blank">my official website.</a></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">Kind regards to all,</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.peterthomassenese.com/" target="_blank">Peter Thomas Senese</a> </span><br /><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-HlsDAqGjN7c%2FUMyibgEPsDI%2FAAAAAAAAByc%2F9Q-UfFfYjDI%2Fs1600%2FI%2BCARE%2BLogo.png&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhb3oedwJmdXWY1y91AsPY6cGgxF3n_3PWMxtS9CTDiwtqio9-gu5jgwu2bTJysgX0lkL_uUiXTvc9AeNm_253NrW593ohJjFYZoWIlHLv_t7hLSK5CK9Q59sLULw-Fpcno1CKNrHFBl5y/s1600/I+CARE+Logo.png" -->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-54373573908432161392013-06-12T09:46:00.000-07:002013-06-13T08:15:11.105-07:00New International Travel Child Consent Form Created To Protect Parents In Child Custody Litigation During Summer Vacations<br />
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<b>Peter Senese and the I CARE Foundation are pleased to share the release of the ‘International Travel Child Consent Form’.</b><br />
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High Conflict international divorce and separtion cases put a child at grave risk of international parental child abduction. When divorce or separation occurs between two individuals who were born in different countries, and one of those individuals has a deep tie to their country of birth, with the possbile desire to return their permanantly, the other parent must be aware of possible abduciton. </div>
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As school ends for the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Summer_Child_Abductions.html" target="_blank">summer vacation, the vast majority of international parental child abduction threats and kidnappings take place</a>. Often, these abductions occur when one parent is able to legally remove a child from their country of origin, and travel abroad - as an example, under the idea of a family vacation to visit relatives. However, and unknown to the child’s other parent, who may or may not be traveling with the scheming parent, there is a deceitful and fraudulent plan to never return back home.</div>
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Today the I CARE Foundation released the “International Child Travel Consent Form” that was created to stop international parental child abduction when a parent traveling abroad with their child may consider not returning the child to their country of jurisdiction.<br />
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<strong> <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Child_Travel_Consent_Form.html" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD TRAVEL CONSENT FORM</a></strong></blockquote>
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Peter Senese, the Founding Director of the I CARE Foundation stated, “The key to protecting children at risk of abduction is to prevent their kidnapping. Today the I CARE Foundation is pleased to release our ’The International Child Travel Consent Form’ based upon substantial ‘Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction’ case law.</div>
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“The travel document is designed to remove an abductor’s defense under acts of wrongful detention and focuses on key issues related to the Hague Convention’s Articles 12, Article 13, and Article 20.</div>
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“The dedicated work of the I CARE Foundation’s legal advisory board, which includes members of the<a href="http://travel.state.gov/abduction/abduction_580.html" target="_blank"> United States Department of State’s Hague Convention Attorney Network</a>, to create this formidable legal abduction prevention tool bespeaks of the ongoing dedication to stop the criminal and highly abusive act of kidnapping.</div>
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“The travel document does not simply act as a parent consent form allowing a child to travel abroad but reinforces a child’s return to their country of origin based upon affirmation requirements that remove the majority of an abductor’s legal defenses to remain abroad in connection with Hague law."</div>
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The I CARE Foundation’s ‘International Child Travel Consent Form’ addresses many of the possible legal defenses an abductor may use in court under Article 12, Article 13, or Article 20 of the Hague Convention.</div>
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For more information about the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Child_Travel_Consent_Form.html" target="_blank">‘International Child Travel Consent Form’</a> and international parental child abduction please visit The<a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Child_Travel_Consent_Form.html" target="_blank"> I CARE Foundation official website</a>. </div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4x0orTERGgY" width="520"></iframe><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-63256631555539272522013-06-07T17:31:00.000-07:002014-11-15T09:15:18.843-08:00FBI States Risks Of A Child Victim Of International Parental Child Abduction: Murder<strong>“Unfortunately, the threat of violence—and death—in these cases is all too real,” said Ashli-Jade Douglas, an FBI analyst in our <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/cac" target="_blank">Violent Crimes Against Children Intelligence Unit</a> who specializes in child abduction matters. "Most non-custodial parental abductors want retaliation. They feel that if they can’t have the child full time—or any amount of time—then the other parent shouldn’t have the child, either.”</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueP6abQFzXiJfh3hnjmLLL6EHCHC-WIoXppL17myD2uCDHg_6bF3KSXncglqFT-wIMX49Mo43sP80TVtGpsJ9Zv6bN01DnNk1OvOFjGjUUMxe1q61M-_zu68INoqy3y8m-ywOKIlXhUGZ/s1600/parental-child-abduction-is-child-abuse-10.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://internationalparentalchildabductions.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/10671-parental-child-abduction-is-child-abuse-10.jpg" height="183" width="276" /></a>The I CARE Foundation has, for some time now, been sharing the fact that <a href="http://internationalparentalchildabductions.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/international-parental-child-abduction-and-murder/" target="_blank">children of international parental child abduction are at risk of murder</a>. The above statement, from the U.S. Department of Justice website, shows that children who are targeted and become victims of parental child abduction are subjected to brutal crimes - and that includes murder. No child should be subjected to such crimes of violence - ever - and society should be very concerned that this is happening. At the hands of an abducting parent, children are put in grave risk. A parental child abductor is willing to break the laws, ignore the orders of a court, and they have no concern with perjury or contempt. Parental child abductors kidnap children in order to cause the targeted parent hurt and suffering.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>Children of Parental Abduction are Prisoners</u></span></strong><br /><br />We must remember that children who are abducted by a parent are prisoners forced to comply with the will of their hostage-taker.<br /><br /> Dr. Wagner, a leading child psychologist, used the word "compliance" while discussing the reason of why hostages may not be able during their imprisonment speak-up and free themselves.<br /><br />Compliance.<br /><br />It hit me like a ton of bricks falling off a ten-story building.<br /><br />You see, in the the world of international parental child abduction, and in this world's post-abduction reunification when both the targeted parent and the abductor may by court-order need to exist in the world of the victimized child, courts often do not realize that when they allow the kidnapper to remain bonded with the child-victim, not only does this create a sense of uncertainty for the child, but it wrongfully sends a message to the child that there was validity to their kidnapping.<br /><br />Now it is imperative to remember that during the time of a child's international abduction, these children are in fact hostages. They are manipulated. They are brainwashed. They are taught to fear. And in the kidnapper's need to have that child sanction their kidnapping, kidnappers teach that failure to comply will be met with grave consequences.<br /><br />Sadly, during many post-abduction reunification's, the abductor's intent to cause pain and suffering to the target parent continues via manipulation of a child. <br /><br />Since the child cannot break free from the bindings of their kidnapper despite the efforts of the targeted parent, many of these children still live in fear, and are forced to live in spiritually and mentally bound ways.<br /><br />They are still prisoners.<br /><br />They must comply with the ever-present abductor's will.<br /><br />And this must end.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong><u>Child Services Need To Heavily Consider Any Claims Made By A Parent Abductor</u></strong></span><br /><br />It is imperative that every social services program, every child welfare organization and every family protective service agency charged with investigating any claims of child abuse carefully analyze any allegations of abuse. Critically, these organizations must carefully scrutinize any claims made by a parent who was previously charged with child abduction, especially if a court determined that parent had committed a criminal act of child kidnapping, or in Hague cases during international parental child abduction that uses a civil procedure for the return of a child despite the federal act of kidnapping being committed, it is imperative that all social service personnel charged with investigating any claims of abuse or neglect made by a child abductor against their previous targeted parent be cautiously examined. <br /><br />Critically, all social service agencies acting on a complaint against a child made by a parent child abductor must commence their investigation with the hard reality that the child was a victim of kidnapping along with other forms of serious abuse, and carefully review the sociopath tendencies of abductors.As published on the<a href="http://travel.state.gov/abduction/resources/resources_545.html" target="_blank"> United States Department of State's website</a>, "When non-custodial parents resort to kidnapping, they believe they are acting in the best interests of their children. Although a minority of parental kidnappers may actually save their children by taking them out of the reach of the other parent, the motives of most parents who steal their children are not at all altruistic.<br /><br />Parents find a myriad of reasons or self-justification for stealing a child from another parent Some abductors will find fault with the other parent for nonsensical transgressions; others will steal a child for revenge."<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong><u>Profile of a Parental Child Abductor: Narcistic Sociopaths<span style="color: #cc0000;"></span></u></strong></span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong><u><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span></u></strong></span><br />The State Department's report includes, "[A] profile [of] the parent who shows signs of flagrant paranoid beliefs or psychotic delusions. In this situation, the intervention must focus on the child and his or her safety and well-being . . . Unfortunately, the other parent and the child must be informed about a safety plan at all times." Continuing, the Department of State's report specifically states, "[The] profile [of an international parental child abductor] is the sociopathic personality."<br /><br />Again, nobody wants to think about a parent killing their child.<br /><br />However, we must take into heavy consideration the statement by the<a href="https://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/jjbul2001_1_2/page3.html" target="_blank"> United States Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention</a> (OJJDP) concerning the sociopathic behavior of abductors. Grave concern was expressed, "As with paranoid and delusional parents, sociopathic parents are unable to perceive their children as having separate needs or rights. Consequently, they often use their children blatantly as instruments of revenge or punishment or as trophies in their fight with the ex-partner. Hence, the sociopathic parent believes that domestic violence and child abduction can be perpetrated with impunity. Like paranoia, a diagnosis of severe sociopathy is rare (4 percent of the studies’ samples).<br /><br /><strong><u><span style="color: #cc0000;">Parents Murder Their Children</span></u></strong><br /><br />Filicide is not a term that I like to talk about, but the reality is, we need to talk about it more. For those that are not aware, the term filicide refers to the deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own child. In the United States, hundreds of children are murdered by their parents each and every year. Proportionately, filicide occurs everywhere. It is not a phenomenon isolated within American borders: parents do kill children. And we can't put our head in the sand and think this does not exist.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/june/child-abductions-when-custody-issues-lead-to-violence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">According to a recent statement released by the FBI</a>, there is a trend that I find incredibly disturbing coming from non-custodial parents - and that is the rate in which they are abducting and threatening to harm their own children... all with the intent of retaliation against the parent who has been given legal custody.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7B5vG2cUT875MAr2gje8p3dVB02vaB6zAlXNDEOCb0bFjrgBPCF932DXOfm_RglcjVHBiebqkjfGcTs3Khc-kQKwUN9uXufrOndNBXAyl2g6Vj0gYBU7u-S6UQEtF0sslQdN_sCl6_8R7/s1600/logo-fbi.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://internationalparentalchildabductions.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/14adf-logo-fbi.jpg?w=300" height="150" style="border: 0px currentColor;" width="200" /></a>Now, with a large number of American children being born to unwed parents, along with the high rate of marriages ending in divorce, the reality is that there is an increasing number of cases where a single parent is going to have custody of the child. The FBI's statistics show that <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/june/child-abductions-when-custody-issues-lead-to-violence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">between the years 2010 and 2012 there was an increase of 41% in child abduction cases that involved custody matters</a>. So if we add that to the increased number of those parents seeking retaliation through harming their own child - do we need to be concerned? You bet we do!<br /><br />In the FBI statement there were some recent cases of filicide that occurred at the hands of non-custodial parents:<br /><ul><li>In 2009, a non-custodial mother abducted her 8-month-old son from his custodial father in Texas. She told the father she killed the boy to prevent the father from employing his custodial rights and in retaliation for his alleged involvement with other women.</li><li>In 2011, a 2-year-old girl was abducted by her non-custodial father in California. A week later, both were found dead. The father committed suicide after shooting his daughter.</li><li>In 2012, a non-custodial father in Utah abducted and killed his 7- and 5-year-old sons and then committed suicide. He was angry over not being afforded sole custody of the children.</li></ul>Ashli-Jade Douglas<b> </b>offers up this advice to help keep children safe: “Custodial parents should inform schools, after-care facilities, babysitters, and others who may at times be responsible for their children about what custody agreements are in place so that kids are not mistakenly released to non-custodial parents.”<br /><br />The common <a href="http://internationalparentalchildabductions.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/u-s-senate-resolution-543-condemns-international-parental-child-abduction/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">misconception that parental abductions are considered a family matter </a>has to end.<br /><br />Parental child abduction is a serious crime. The act of abduction leads to ongoing forms of abuse toward a child. When a child is abducted they should immediately be considered to be in great danger!<br /><br />Law enforcement agencies need to act quickly to ensure that these innocent children are not going to be harmed. The sociopathic behaviors that a kidnapping parent exhibits has them believing in their own mind what they are doing is in the best interest of the child. When we think again about the fact that many of these cases revolve around revenge or retaliation, you can see it’s not out of the question to have the ultimate revenge be at the expense of the innocent child… with the act of filicide.<br /><a href="http://internationalparentalchildabductions.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2abc2-icarelogo.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="2abc2-icarelogo" class="alignright wp-image-681" src="http://internationalparentalchildabductions.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2abc2-icarelogo.png" height="214" width="191" /></a><br /><br />This is all very disconcerting, but one thing is for certain: raising awareness and stewarding the message about the warning signs of international parental child abduction is the key. This awareness has played a role in<a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Abduction_Rate_Drops_15_.html" target="_blank"> reducing the number of reported outbound child kidnapping cases originating in the United States by 15% during the last two consecutive years</a> after nearly 30 years of continued growth.<br /><br />If I may ask you to please share the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Abduction_Warning_Signs.html" target="_blank">warning signs of international abduction</a> – you may very well be getting this information out to a family that needs it… ultimately possibly saving the life of an innocent child. It is that desire, that is so ingrained in me, that I continue my fight each and every day!<br /><br />Together we can, and are, making a difference.<br /><br />- The I CARE Foundation -<br /><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-iz6iQJ_dyNU%2FUbJJ40l4PtI%2FAAAAAAAACfs%2FBBbcFy6yAHw%2Fs1600%2Fparental-child-abduction-is-child-abuse-10.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueP6abQFzXiJfh3hnjmLLL6EHCHC-WIoXppL17myD2uCDHg_6bF3KSXncglqFT-wIMX49Mo43sP80TVtGpsJ9Zv6bN01DnNk1OvOFjGjUUMxe1q61M-_zu68INoqy3y8m-ywOKIlXhUGZ/s1600/parental-child-abduction-is-child-abuse-10.jpg" -->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-21865111170657295942013-06-04T07:52:00.003-07:002013-06-04T07:55:06.361-07:00FACSA Foundation's SHATTERING THE SILENCE TOUR AND DOCUMENTARY PROJECT<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><br />
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the U.S. Department of Justice 1-3 girls, and 16 boys, will be sexually
assaulted before their eighteenth birthday. Statistics are from the 10% of
reported accounts, for 90% do not tell. They are silenced by the perpetrator
with threats to their lives or the lives of their loved ones; who is usually a
dad, mom, uncle, trusted neighbor, friend, or community leader. The children
remain silent due to fear of retribution from the perpetrator, or losing their
only circle of support and love they have ever known, their family. This
becomes their way of life until someone steps in and protects them.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span lang="EN">According to ChildHelp USA, 5
children die a day due to abuse and neglect.</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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day we no longer turn away in indifference. Today is the day we tell our
children, we have heard their silent cries in the night and we share their
pain. People believe it is easy to turn away because you don’t see it. I say,
“This is not true, for you see it every day from the angry and volatile society;
which shoots up schools, murders and rapes children; where crimes of petty
theft receive more sentencing than the rape of a child; where children are sold
into indentured servitude, child porn, or into prostitution. What kind of
society have we become, where we stand by and allow such atrocities take place,
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OUTRAGE? </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Enough Is Enough, We Will Not Be Silent Any
Longer!" </b>Join the FACSA Foundation Revolution at FACSAFoundation.org,
or any local child advocacy groups!! I pass the baton to you, for you to
advocate for our children. The children are counting on you!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>The work conducted by the Office Of Children's Issues to help children at risk of abduction has been nothing short of heroic. This assessment is shared by many international parental child abduction stakeholders and is based upon the significant decline of reported U.S. outbound international child abductions over the past two years. While America's reported international child abduction rate has steadily declined, abduction occuring in countries around the world continues to surge <i>- Peter Thomas Senese, Founding Director of the I CARE Foundation</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For some time I have wanted to share my view about a group of individuals I consider to be <a href="http://petersenese1.blogspot.com/2013/06/peter-senese-heroes-live-heroically-how.html" target="_blank">heroes </a> due to their dedication helping children and families in crisis: the often under-appreciated, but highly dedicated individuals working at the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/" target="_blank">United States Department of State's Office of Children's Issues Office</a> (OCI) who work diligently assisting families in crisis due to abduction. The perspective I share is one held by all members of the I CARE Foundation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">By virtue of their efforts, this remarkable team has created many miracles demonstrated by the significant decline of reported outbound American child-citizen abduction cases over the past two fiscal reporting years (2011 and 2012) while parental kidnappings in countries around the world continue to soar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As the <a href="http://internationalparentalchildabduciton.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-vacations-and-international.html" target="_blank">summer months of international parental child abduction</a> is now upon us, we hope the sound work of OCI continues to educate targeted parents about the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Abduction_Warning_Signs.html">warning signs of abduction</a> so children may be protected from abduction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As a former chasing parent who once turned to and received assistance from the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/about/about_605.html" target="_blank">Office of Children's Issues</a>, and who now years later, as the Founding Director of the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank">I CARE Found</a>ation - a non-profit organization dedicated to helping stop abduction - I can say that it is about time that the indefatigable efforts of the Office of Children's Issues is acknowledged, applauded, and certainly, many aspects of their outreach programs should be emulated by other nations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the near future, I will be sharing a more detailed retrospective, including coverage in the documentary film <em><a href="http://peterthomassenese.blogspot.com/2013/02/150000-internationally-kidnapped.html" target="_blank">150,000 Internationally Abducted Children</a></em> now in production concerning the Office of Children's Issues and this dedicated team, many mothers and fathers themselves, who work tirelessly fighting child abduction under the legal guidelines established by the United States Congress when our government acceded to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Convention_on_the_Civil_Aspects_of_International_Child_Abduction" target="_blank">Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Within Congressional guidelines, OCI diligently works to assist American citizens either protect their targeted children from outbound abduction, or provide help in a chasing parent's quest to find and reunite with their abducted child who was illegally kidnapped from the United States. Equally, individuals working at the Office of Children's Issues try to assist chasing parents who have had their child abducted to the United States. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In its role as the United States' Central Authority with respect to the Hague Abduction Convention, the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/" target="_blank">Office Of Children's Issues</a> is responsible for taking certain action as outlined by Congress in cases involving international child abduction. OCI also provides information in response to inquiries about international child abduction, visitation rights and abduction prevention techniques. Like other Central Authorities around the world, it's responsible for working closely with other agencies and Central Authorities to ensure the speedy return of children under the Hague Convention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Office of Children's Issues and the broader U.S. State Department has received sustained criticism by parents of children abducted to and from the United States and the lawyers who represent them for failing to treat international child abduction as a human rights issue rather than a diplomatic irritant, and taking a non-partisan, impartial role rather than effectively advocating for victimized parents and abducted children. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">From the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Peter_Thomas_Senese_I_CARE.html" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation's view</a>, there is no question that the United States government, along with all governments around the world should and could do more to assist children and their families who are kidnapped. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This said, we must be mindful of the authority Congress vested in the Office of Children's Issues when it became a signatory of the Hague Convention. The reality is an organization is as only as good as their governing guidelines and resources that are made available to them. So despite their limited operational reach and resources as dictated by Congress, the fact is the individuals who work in the Office of Children's Issues happen to be some of the most dedicated and concerned stakeholders in the world who work in the never-ending storms known as international parental child abduction. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As a group of individuals with direct first-hand insight at being on the front-line in the war against child abduction, the I CARE Foundation recognizes the incredible tasks all individuals working with the Office of Children's Issues face. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Truth is, when you deal each and every day with international child abduction: trying to assist children and families of internationally kidnapped children while having limited means to do so; and, while you try to comfort the targeted parent who is emotionally and often financially overwhelmed at the abduction of their child; and, while you try to manage the large case load you are tasked to oversee because Congress has limited the resources the Office has been given; and, while you see what appears to be an unending parade of abduction cases (inbound and outbound) come through your door, there is no question that abduction pulls out you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Reality is that the individuals who dedicate their lives trying to aid families in crisis of abduction know heartbreak. Sometimes, they succeed in assisting a family. Sadly, sometimes, they do not. Unfortunately, fighting abduction is very complicated. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">However, despite the limited resources made available to them, the Office of Children's Issues has been making one heck of an impact as demonstrated by hard statistics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Due to the significant decline in outbound U.S. international parental child abduction cases that the Office of Children's Issues is a key stakeholder in, combined with a general, though limited increase of abduction return cases (see </span><a href="http://chasingthecyclonebook.blogspot.com/2013/06/extreme-difficulites-in-recovering.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">'Extreme Difficulties In Returning Internationally Abducted Children'</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">), I speak for the I CARE Foundation when I say OCI is made up of many <a href="http://petersenese1.blogspot.com/2013/06/peter-senese-heroes-live-heroically-how.html" target="_blank">heroes of children</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This past December, 2012 the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/US_Senate_Resolution_543_Pa.html" target="_blank">U.S. Senate passed Senate Resolution 543</a>, condemning international parental child abduction. The resolution was a powerful statement concerning the reality of abduction. In it's passage, we can hope that OCI will receive more funding and broader power to further assist children and their families of abduction. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Reported Cases Of Outbound Child Abductions From The United States Declines: Contradicts Global Trend For Second Year In A Row</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Impressively, the Office of Children's Issues abduction prevention outreach has done something that apparently no other country in the world has accomplished: as international parental child abduction continues to soar around the world, with abduction rates surpassing anywhere from 10% to over 80% per year based upon countries reporting abduction (note: Canada has stopped reporting abduction since 2008), <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Abduction_Rate_Drops_15_.html" target="_blank">the reported outbound cases of American child abduction has declined by over 15% per year during fiscal years 2011 and 2012.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is nothing short of a Herculean effort that has created miracles for a large number of families. When considering that primarily due to a large number of anticipated unreported cases of outbound child abductions from the United States associated with the slightly </span><a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/2013/04/17/unauthorized-immigrants-how-pew-research-counts-them-and-what-we-know-about-them/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">over 11.1 million unregistered alien residents living in America</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> that has been forcast to represent at least 100% of the reported outbound abduction rate according to several I CARE Foundation published studies, the decline in the outbound abduction rate may represent several thousand children, and that, is nothing short of a miracle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But let's put this in a clearer light in order to truly understand the remarkable effort by the Office of Children's Issues team.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Using a five year reporting period from 2006 to 2010, average international parental child abduction growth in the United States surpassed 20% per year. Additionally, abduction appears to have increased each year during the three decades the United States took part of the Hague Convention.</span><br />
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Specifically,<b style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </b>during 2012 there were 799 reported international parental child abduction cases filed with the United States Central Authority representing a total of 1,144 children. Previously, in 2011 there were a total of 941 reported international parental child abduction cases filed with the United States Central Authority, representing a total of 1,367 children.</span><br />
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thus, the reduction by 142 filed cases represents a decline of 15% of reported abduction cases from 2012 from 2011. During the same reporting period, there were 223 fewer children internationally kidnapped in 2012 from 2011, representing a 16.3% decrease of total children abducted.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Comparatively, there were 1022 reported international parental child abduction cases in 2010 representing 1,492 children. Thus, there has been a reduction of 223 reported abduction cases from 2010 to 2012, representing a total decline of 348 children between the two years. This represents a two year decline from 2010 to 2012 in reported cases by 21.8%, and a 23.3% reduction over the same two year period in the number of children kidnapped.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now, is this dramatic decline in the abduction rate completely due to the Office of Children's Issues? Of course not. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">However, OCI is a key and critical stakeholder in the fight to prevent <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/prevention/prevention_560.html" target="_blank">international child abduction amongst American children</a>, and their efforts to do so have unquestionably reduced abduction despite a skyrocketing global trend in abduction. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Why is international parental child abduction occurring?</span> </span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The answer is rather direct. Our world is becoming filled with global citizens. Individuals from different countries travel abroad to study or work. Some enter into relationships with a person from the country they are visiting, and a child is eventually born from that relationship. During the course of the time, some of these relationships fail. Divorce is a reality. However, often, the foreign-born national living in a foreign country may feel isolated and may desire to return to their country of origin with their child, who more than likely possesses a right of citizenship to that parent's country of birth. Realizing that the child's other parent probably would not consent to having the child relocated abroad, and that a court more than likely would not grant mobility to relocate either, that parent often creates a deceitful scheme to illegally remove the child from the child's country of jurisdiction without consent from the other parent or consent from the court. This is called international parental child abduction. And it is not only an abusive act against a child, but it is a serious, and at times, dangerous crime of kidnapping that has both short and long term effects on the victimized child. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The sad fact is that a large number of marriages, estimated to be between 40% and 50%, in the U.S. end in divorce. </span><a href="http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/births_deaths_marriages_divorces/marriages_and_divorces.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The divorce rate increases to nearly 70% during multinational marriages.</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> And as recently reported by The New York Times, the whole concept of marriage really is . . . well, 'Why </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/why-do-people-still-bother-to-marry.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Do People Still Marry? Why Bother?</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> - which I think says a great deal about the shift in committed partnerships in a mobile world. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Another Way To Measure The Office Of Children's Issues Effectiveness: Immigration Migration and Its Affect On Child Abduction Cases</span> </span></h4>
<strong style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Regardless of the side of the debate you may be on regarding immigration reform, and your view of unregistered alien residents living in the United States today, the fact is that if a child is born in the United States by two unregistered residents, that child is an American citizen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This fact as it is associated with abduction is that just like failed marriages or relationships between legal residents living in the United States, partnerships between unregistered residents fail. And when this occurs, there are times when one of the child's parents may seek to return to their native country, and take the American child-citizen with them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Unfortunately, when the threat of abduction occurs, undocumented residents have not realized that they can turn to the Department of State's Office of Children's Issues for legal assistance as OCI. I know this first-hand as the I CARE Foundation's legal team of attorneys has in the past worked with OCI when dealing with undocumented residents and child abduction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Has the Office of Children's Issues been effective in assisting unregistered parents with abduction cases? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The answer is not one that can be statistically determined; however, insight can be provided by the increase in abduction prevention cases originating from unregistered residents. For example, the number of unregistered abduction prevention cases the I CARE Foundation assisted in during fiscal year 2012 to 2013 increased by 175% from the number of cased we assisted in during fiscal year 2011. In addition, during the first 5 months of 2013, the I CARE Foundation's outreach assisting undocumented residents is already at 70% of the case load during fiscal year 2012. We fully expect that the number of undocumented alien abduction prevention cases we will assist on during 2013 will double our case load of 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One of the primary reasons why the number of abduction prevention cases is occurring is because the Office of Children's Issues has in fact worked hard to reach Hispanic communities and share a strong and honest message that OCI is there willing and able to help these often forgotten families.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The I CARE Foundation, with our view from the trenches fighting abduction, applauds OCI's commitment.</span><br />
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A report compiled by the renowned Washington-based </span><a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/2013/04/17/unauthorized-immigrants-how-pew-research-counts-them-and-what-we-know-about-them/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pew Hispanic Center</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> reports that most immigrant groups are comprised of young families. The likelihood that a child will be born while the parents are present in the U.S. is high. Prior to 2007, data collected on parents of children under 18 only identified one parent, and a second parent could only be identified if they were married to the first parent. Currently, a second parent identifier is considered whether or not the parents are married to each other. The new data more accurately reflects the number of children living in the U.S. with at least one foreign-born parent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It must be noted that although 31.3% of all immigrants originate from Mexico, other countries have significant entry numbers as well. Included in the March 2007 Current Population Survey (CPS) were statistics indicating that 17.6% of all immigrants were from East/Southeast Asia, 12.5% from Europe, 5.5% from South Asia, 3.5% from the Middle East, and Canada at 1.9%.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Traditionally, states such as California, New York, Florida, Texas, Illinois and Arizona have had large numbers of immigrants in their population. What is surprising is the trends in migration toward new centers of immigrant growth. The CPS prepared an analysis of states with statistically significant growth in immigrant population between 2000 and 2007. Most notably, Wyoming, which experienced a percentage increase of 180%, Tennessee at 160%, Georgia at 152.1%, and Alabama at 143.6%. The impact of unprecedented increases in immigrant migration is likely to create multiple challenges as states struggle to keep pace with their newest segment of population and their children.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It is important to note this segment of our population when discussing child abduction because when a child is born in the U.S. that child automatically is a U.S. citizen. While the available data gives us fairly accurate figures regarding the number of children born in the U.S. as well as those immigrants who are present legally, a number is impossible to compile accurately in relation to the unauthorized resident population.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One thing that is of great interest, is a comment made by <em>Jeffrey S. Passel, a senior demographer</em> at the Pew Center. Passel said, "When we look at the unauthorized immigrant population today, there are a lot of people who came more than 10-15 years ago, and not a lot from the last five years. Two-thirds have been here more than 10 years."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Does this mean that the number of expected unreported cases of abduction, or the number of reported cases filed by undocumented residents will decline?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">If we simply consider a statistical curve based upon unregistered population and forceasted abduction's, then the answer is yes, particularly since OCI's outreach to this portion of the population living in the United States has made a big difference.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">So What Can The Office Of Children's Issues Do, and What Can They Not Do?</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I speak first-hand as a former Chasing Parent, that it is important to have realistic expectations from the Office of Children's Issues with regard to abduction. Until such time that Congress changes the role of OCI, this is what you should expect:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">OCI can provide you with information about various resources that may assist you in your efforts to return your child to the United States; </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If your child was abducted to a country that is a U.S. partner under the Hague Abduction Convention, as appropriate, OCI may accept your Hague application, forward it to the foreign central authority in the country to which your child has been abducted, and monitor developments concerning your child’s case through the Foreign Central Authority; </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">OCI can provide a list of attorneys in the country where your child is located;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">OCI can answer questions from local and federal law enforcement about the Department’s role in international parental child abduction cases; </span></li>
<li class="lastli"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">OCI can facilitate your communication with U.S. government agencies and non-governmental organizations that may be able to assist you.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What you should not expect from OCI is the following:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">OCI will not assist you with any financial costs associated with reunification;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">OCI will not provide you with legal advice;</span></li>
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One of the more impressive, but little talked about accomplishments of the Office of Children's Issues is that using diplomacy, individuals in the Office have worked tirelessly to educate their counterparts in foreign countries about international abduction, and have assisted many countries create their own Central Authorities as required by the Hague Convention. In addition, the Department of State has applied continued pressure on countries who have either not signed the Hague Convention (such as Japan, which is expected to become a signatory in 2014, or South Korea, which is now a signatory of the Convention). Furthermore, ongoing diplomatic efforts to have non-complying Hague signatory countries follow the intent and spirit of the Hague Convention are a big part of OCI's global outreach.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For More Information On The Office Of Children's Issues, please visit The Department of State's Website. Additional information is as follows:</span><br />
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International Parental Child Abduction</h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Phone: 1-888-407-4747; 202-501-4444<br />Fax: 202-736-9132<br />E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:AskCI@state.gov"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">AskCI@state.gov</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Web Address: </span><a href="http://travel.state.gov/childabduction"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">www.childabduction.state.gov</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Mailing Address:</strong>United States Department of State<br />Bureau of Consular Affairs<br />Office of Children's Issues<br />SA-29<br />2201 C Street, NW<br />Washington, DC 20520<br /><br />Phone: 1-888-407-4747; 202-501-4444<br />E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:AskCI@state.gov"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">AskCI@state.gov</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Phone: 1-888-407-4747<br />Fax: 202-736-9133<br />E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:PreventAbduction@state.gov"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">PreventAbduction@state.gov</span></a><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mailing Address:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">U.S. Department of State<br />Overseas Citizen Services Attn: Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program<br />SA-29<br />2201 C Street, NW<br />Washington, DC 20520</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Web Address: </span><a href="http://adoption.state.gov/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Adoption.State.Gov</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As shared in the beginning of this essay, this is a short overview of the Office of Children's Issues and why the efforts of many individuals associated with the OCI should be considered heroic and the individuals themselves heroes. Is there room to improve? There always is for each of us. However, today we take the time to acknowledge the incredible achievements accomplished, with an eye toward building upon the success of protecting children. And by no means are we out of the woods, but the mountain of abduction is being pushed back, and OCI's efforts have had a big reason to do with that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">During the time I was <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/" target="_blank">Chasing The Cyclone</a> of international parental child abduction, I turned to the Office of Children's Issues with reasonable expectations. Was the abduction of my child awful? Of course. And there could never be anything that could properly share the evil acts committed against him or me. But with reasonable expectations, there will never be a day that goes by that I will not hold the individuals at OCI with great respect and esteem, for I will always be thankful for what they did to assist me under the guidelines they were able to.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One last note: To all the individuals who have worked or presently worked at the Office of Children's Issues, the work you perform is so important to so many. Reality is the impact you have and continue to have will be felt by so many families you will never know nor ever hear about. But that does not diminish the important work you have done. And as is often shared, the tragedy of abduction is one that causes a targeted parent the desire to forget the nightmare their family faced, you should know that there is so much appreciation from so many families - and I and my family are part of that expansive group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">On behalf of the <a href="http://internationalparentalchildabduciton.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-vacations-and-international.html" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.peterthomassenese.com/" target="_blank">Peter Thomas Senese</a></span></div>
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In the wake of another international parental child abduction enabled because a parent-kidnapper was able to illegally obtain a valid passport for their child by alledgedly forging the signature of the child's other parent, one thing is certain: as the <a href="http://internationalparentalchildabduciton.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-vacations-and-international.html" target="_blank">summer vacation approaces, many children will be targeted for international abduction</a>. This past memorial day, news traveled across North America because a young Colorado child was parentally abducted from his assaulted mother, and<a href="http://chasingthecyclonebook.blogspot.com/2013/05/colorado-boy-abducted-to-canada.html" target="_blank"> illegally removed to Canada despite an Amber Alert</a>. <br />
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The abduction of three year old Luke Turner sounds the alarm of several serious concerns regarding a parent and a nation's ability to protect children from abduction.<br />
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1. The abducting father was able to obtain a valid passport for the child by allegedly forging passport documents on behalf of the child's mother.<br />
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2. The Amber Alert that was issued failed to reach the Canadian Border Control, and was limited to only several states. Thus, creating concern over how local, untrained law enforcement charged with abduction cases may handle concern over illegal border exits based upon either a parent obtaining a valid passport under fraud, or, by traveling to an adjacent border (Mexico or Canada), or by traveling abroad by sea via a cruise ship under the existing Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative policy which requires a minor under 16 years of age to cross the bordre by land or sea by presenting a photocopy of a naturalization document.<br />
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3. The physical and potentially life-threatening lenght an abductor may go to cause the targeted other parent grave harm.<br />
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4. Concerns over <a href="http://internationalparentalchildabduciton.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-international-child-abduction.html" target="_blank">international parental chld abduction associated to dual passports</a> and the inability of countries to effectively safeguard against abduction when a taking parent has in their possession a passport for their child issued by another nation (this occurs when that parent is a citizen of another country, which is always the case in multinational relationships). <br />
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Luke Turner's abduction highlights many immediate challenges and grave concerns targeted parents of abduction are going to face as the summer approaches. Knowing the <a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/Prevention__Eyes_Open.html" target="_blank">warning signs of international parental child abduction</a> is critical. . <br />
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As stated by Detective Commander Jeff Satur, Mrs. Turner was not aware that Luke had an American passport. According to U.S. law, both Mr. and Mrs. Turner were required to sign the passport application for their child. Clearly this did not happen, as the notion of abduction to Canada was initially not considered by law enforcment because Mrs. Turner did not know of the passport. <br />
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In a similar case of international parental child abduction case that utilized illegally obtained passports the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation</a> was heavily involved in and played a key role in reunification, another Colorado mother had her two-year old son abducted to the not-so-cooperative non-Hague Convention country of Nigeria last year. <br />
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At the time of her son's abduction, the child's father had illegally obtained a valid U.S. passport for the child by forging the mother's signature on the passport application. Then, under the guise of a weekend visitation, the father, who lived in Colorado, but possessed dual citizenship, fled to Africa. <br />
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Through great effort and cooperation from key individuals in Nigeria, the child was returned to the United States. Seargent Paul Cortapasso, based out of New York, and who assisted the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation</a> during the reunification process said, "It is very troubling to see how these illegally obtained passports for children are being obtained with relative ease and are unknown to the targeted parent. The parallels between the two Colorado mothers and how the abductor was able to leave the country present a serious concern for society, particularly now as the summer months approach and abduction rates dramatically increase. I will never forget the sense of happiness I felt seeing the young child when he was returned from Nigeria."<br />
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Raising awareness of international parental child abduction is one of the main defenses against abduction.In fact, over the past two years, international parental <a href="http://peterthomassenese.blogspot.com/2013/02/united-states-international-parental.html" target="_blank">child abduction reported outbound cases originating from the United States has declined by 15% per year</a>. This was accomplished in great part because of social stewardship about abduction.<br />
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Clearly, the key to stopping child kidnappings is to prevent it from happening in the first place. <br />
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One of the things we can do is modify the <a href="http://www.petersenese.com/Abduction_WHTI_Report.html" target="_blank">Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative</a> policy so that all children traveling abroad, regardless if they are traveling by land, sea, or air, must present a valid passport. <br />
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We must be mindful that parents who possess a right of citizenship to another country provide a child of a multinational relationship the same right of citizenship. <a href="http://internationalparentalchildabduciton.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-international-child-abduction.html" target="_blank">Chldren who possess dual citizenship have a high rate of being victims of international parental child abduction when a marriage or relationship fails.</a> <br />
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In the United States, one immediate remedy all parents concerned with possible child abduction can do is place their child on the<a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/Children_s_Passports.html" target="_blank"> U.S. Passport Issuance Alert Program.</a> <br />
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For more information of international parental child abduction, please visit the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation</a> and <a href="http://www.petersenese.com/" target="_blank">Chasing The Cyclone</a>. In Canada, please visit <a href="http://www.ichapeau.ca/" target="_blank">I Cheapeau</a>. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-79387466029534562722013-05-26T06:29:00.000-07:002014-11-15T09:15:18.897-08:00International Multicultural Child Custody, Divorce and Summer Child Abductions Warning SignsHi, I’m <a href="http://www.petersenese.com/" target="_blank">Peter Thomas Senese</a>, the Founding Director of the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation</a> and as the summer school vacation period approaches, I would like to share with you the assortment of <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/Prevention__Eyes_Open.html" target="_blank">warning signs and risk factors associated international parental child abduction</a> that targets thousands upon thousands of unsuspecting parents and defenseless children each year primarily who are a product of a multi-national relationship or marriage that is or has ended. In sharing some key warning signs today, it is my hope that children will be protected from kidnapping and overwhelming abuse.<br /><br />Now if you’re like hundreds of thousands of parents around the world the term <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/" target="_blank">international parental child abduction</a> may be one you are not familiar with. . . . . . until a child you know is kidnapped and illegally detained in a foreign country by the child’s other parent. <br /><br />Before I go any further, let me say this: the vast majority of children abducted abroad never come home. Tragically, some can’t – they are gone forever. <br /><br />According to <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/IPKCA.html" target="_blank">United States Federal Law</a>, the illegal removal of a child from the country without consent of a court or the child’s other parent is a <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/IPKCA.html" target="_blank">criminal act of kidnapping</a>. The conspiracy that leads up to the child snatching is generally filled with a host of illegal activities, including false allegations toward the targeted parent of abuse toward the child or other parent. This is something I will touch upon later. However, one thing more than anything else should be clear: parental child abduction is not just an act of kidnapping against an innocent child, but inherently, an abducted child becomes a prisoner of the kidnapper forced to follow and obey the predators instruction under the deplorable acts of parental alienation that the kidnapper deploys as they need to rationalize their behavior toward the child-victim. <br /><br />Generally, the vast majority of abductions are well-planned and are orchestrated so that the other parent is off-guard when the abduction occurs. Blindsided by the act of international parental child abduction – that tragically is treated very differently than a stranger abduction by law enforcement despite the act being a federal crime of kidnapping - parents who attempt to reunite with their child often enter a dark and dangerous world that will change their world forever.<br /><br />But what are we fighting for? <br /><br />Lives. <br /><br />We’re fighting for a child’s life.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jaapl.org/content/33/4/496.full" target="_blank">Filicide – a term you may not know - is the act of child murder by a parent</a>. In the United States, hundreds of children are murdered by their parents each year. This is not a phenomenon – parental child murder is a reality that knows no borders. <br /><br />In cases of parental child abduction the kidnapper uses the child as a pawn to cause hurt and suffering toward the other parent. Denying that parent access to the child is a common theme and often the reason why abduction occurs. <br /><br />The fear is – the reality is – that many abductors exhibiting sociopath behavior often believe that if they can’t have sole custody of a child – nobody will. Additionally, there appears to be a strong correlation of adult suicides connected to child abduction victims.<br /><br />None of its easy to discuss yet we’re all only three degrees of separation from knowing someone who may be a target of abduction.<br /><br />In the course of events leading up to the actual abduction or attempted abduction <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/Prevention__Eyes_Open.html" target="_blank">there are clear warning signs that may allow a parent to protect themselves and their children</a>. And with the summer months upon us – the time of year when most child kidnappings take place – I hope that some insight I will share may be of use to you.<br /><br />On behalf of my colleagues at the I CARE Foundation, one thing is certain: raising awareness and stewarding the message about the warning signs of international parental child abduction has played a role in<a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Abduction_Rate_Drops_15_.html" target="_blank"> reducing the number of reported outbound child kidnapping cases originating in the United States by 15% during the last two consecutive years</a> after nearly 30 years of continued growth. <br /><br />Make no mistake; the reality is that tens of thousands of children living in cities and on farms across our nation are targeted for kidnapping each year. It is carefully estimated that only 10% of these children will ever come home when we consider the ‘reported’ and ‘unreported’ cases of abduction. <br /><br />Do you really want to play those odds?<br /><br />Now before I get into a list of <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Abduction_Warning_Signs.html" target="_blank">warning signs of international abduction</a> you may ask yourself why is international parental child abduction affecting tens of thousands of families?<br /><br />The answer is complex, but in general terms, we are seeing a substantial increase in multi-national relationships, which personally I think is great; however, with the notion of ‘global citizenship’ comes some challenges. <br /><br />You see, as our world becomes a closer, more connected society, individuals from different nations develop relationships with one another, some leading to the birth of a child. Unfortunately, some of these relationships end, and when they do, the foreign-born national parent often desires to return to their home country – and when they do – they usually have a desire to take the child with them. <br /><br />Except they have one problem: the other parent does not want their child to live abroad after being born and raised in their home country.<br /><br />Knowing that the likelihood of a court granting them permission to live abroad with their child more than likely will not occur, the parent seeking to relocate to a foreign country often creates a clever, well thought-out plan to either abduct the child from the child’s country of original jurisdiction, or, they will create a deceitful scheme that will enable them to legally remove the child from the country they live in – such as plans to travel on a family vacation with intentions of permanent removal.<br /><br />Once they are abroad, the <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/Slander_Defense.html" target="_blank">scheming parent will often lay a host of criminal charges against the other parent, including domestic physical and mental abuse, threats of murder, and outlandish acts of child abuse and neglect</a> – all for one purpose: to sever the other parent’s relationship with the child and to gain legal actions to the foreign courts they are now physically located in by having the targeted parent arrested and prevented from seeing either them or the child. <br /><br />Now what most individuals do not realize is that once that child steps foot on foreign soil, that child’s temporary welfare becomes the responsibility of the rules of law and courts of the country they are located in. <br /><br />Which means this: the police and courts must follow the procedures established under their law: the targeted parent more than likely will be arrested, issued restraining orders against them, and have their access to their child denied until an investigation is done. In the meanwhile, the scheming taking parent files a host of legal motions in the country that will further restrain the targeted parent.<br /><br />Welcome to a scheming kidnappers idea of a vacation.<br /><br />Sometimes - and I have seen this happen many times – but a kidnapper will say that the other parent actually consented to have the child relocate . . . so that they can litigate ‘what’s in the child’s best interest’ abroad – in their country of origin – and at a tremendous disadvantage to the child’s other parent. <br /><br />I want to make this very clear: the scheme of a parental child abductor does not discriminate by gender. Men and women generally abduct equally and often cite abuse and mistreatment as the reason why they abducted. They make the claim that they are not abductors but liberators fleeing abuse. The majority of these claims are false. <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/Slander_Defense.html" target="_blank">They are lies created to defend against Federal kidnapping charges</a>. They are lies created in hope a court would sanction the abduction under Article 13 of the Hague Convention – a rule that allows an abductor the ability to relocate if they can prove it is not in the child’s best interest to return to their home country. These lies are intended to cruelly cause the targeted parent suffering, including arrest in hope to make any litigation they may bring to reunite with their child difficult or impossible. <br /><br />So if you think that since you may have a U.S. custody order, and that <em>THAT</em> order will allow you to simply go and bring your child home, you should know this: that once your child is in a foreign country, the pragmatic reality of the custody order you are in possession of may mean very little, especially if the abductor has made a criminal complaint against you and/or filed a civil action for custody. Usually, they happen at the same time.<br /><br />And so here’s your reality: should you attempt to remove your child and take them home with you, you may be violating laws in the country you and your child are located in and you may be arrested . . . . Your custody order is at least temporarily, useless. Welcome to the world of parental child abduction. <br /><br />But like Dante’ descending into the Inferno, your nightmare as a targeted chasing parent has only just begun. For example, as an American citizen, do you know that even though the abduction was a criminal act toward you and your child, <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/solutions/opencase/opencase_3849.html" target="_blank">you are responsible for 100% of all costs associated with finding, monitoring, and litigating your case, including the costs to bring your child home unless you become dead-broke</a> – which often occurs for many targeted parents because the cost to reunite with a child often costs parents hundreds of thousands of dollars. So if you don’t have a large amount of money available, chances are you’re not going to bring your child home. But that’s not it: you still have to deal with the false charges and claims, and litigate abroad. If you don’t think foreign courts have prejudice, you are sadly mistaken. <br /><br />And if you think you’ll simply be able to get an arrest warrant issued and seek extradition proceedings against the kidnapping parent, you’re in line for some serious disappointment because <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/solutions/criminal/criminal_3856.html" target="_blank">numerous countries that the United States has extradition agreements with do not have agreements in place regarding parental abduction</a>. In fact, in certain countries, this is not even a crime! <br /><br />Do you get the sense of hopelessness? If you do – welcome to the world of many chasing parents.<br /><br />Add to it that while your child is gone, he or she is taught by the abductor to think you are a bad mother or father out to hurt them and their taking parent. Yes, parental alienation and parental isolation are alive and well – and in its abuse, it destroys the innocence and very fabric of your child. <br /><br />So as the summer approaches, this is the time of year when parents need to be aware of the warning signs of parental child abduction. <br /><br />I have often heard from parents who tragically stuck their head in the sand and didn’t pay attention to the warning signs that ‘Their partner was not that clever’, to find out just how cunning and deceitful they really were only after their child or children were gone. <br /><br />The key to stopping child abduction is to prevent it from happening. <br /><br />The MOST IMPORTANT <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Abduction_Warning_Signs.html" target="_blank">WARNING sign of abduction</a> is to understand the present relationship you have with the child's other parent and ask yourself 'May that parent have the intent, desire, ability, and means to take your child to another country without your permission, or possible intent to keep your child in a foreign country should you grant permission for your child to travel abroad with you, the other parent, or both of you?<br /><br />Abduction often occurs as a prelude to parents separating or beginning divorce proceedings, though there are a significant number of abductions that occur post-divorce commencement litigation. In many cases, the abduction is a planned scheme, which means that generally, the parent intending to abduct a child will try to create an atmosphere that is opposite of their intent: meaning that they will try lull the other parent to thinking that they are committed to the relationship, when in fact they are not. This is a critical issue because it is easier to abduct a child when the targeted parent is not seeking to prevent abduction. So having the targeted parent think that there is a loving, committed relationship is critical for the abductor. <br /><br />So - if you have been in a difficult, strained relationship with a person who has deep ties to a foreign country, and suddenly that person is demonstrating a new-found love or new-found commitment . . . and they eventually pose the idea of traveling abroad with the child so the child could visit that person's family, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS WARNING SIGN that abduction may be planned.<br /><br />Remember, even if you are invited to travel with the other parent and child, this does not mean you or your child are safe. I know many parents who traveled abroad with the other parent and child who were in possession of custody orders - only to have false claims of abuse, neglect, or acts of violence made against them within days of touching down in the foreign country. Once that happens, the legal nightmare begins - despite possessing joint custody, there is very little that the targeted parent can do to remove the child from the inbound country because the abducting parent usually has filed legal documents seeking court relief to remain abroad - typically in their country of origin.<br /><br />So here we are - the school summer vacation season is upon us. Parents need to ask themselves this question: Has my relationship with my child's other parent been strained, and all of a sudden there is a new-found love or commitment by that parent - and is there a trip abroad being suggested or planned? Because if so - you should be very concerned.<br /><br />As touched upon earlier, if you believe the other parent may remove or retain the child abroad in order to gain an advantage in expected or pending child-custody proceedings by seeking the jurisdiction of the courts located in their country of origin, you should be very concerned. <br /><br />For example, if a child is taken to a nation in the Middle East, there is a high probability that that nation will allow the abductor to keep the child abroad since the legal environment or cultural traditions may provide the abductor the safe harbor they seek. <br /><br />In fact, there are many nations who simply do not return internationally kidnapped children, and this includes the majority of countries found in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, who outrageously, are not signatory members of international treaties on abduction. And before I let you think that having a child abducted to European or South American countries is any better you better think again. For example, I have a good friend who is a highly decorated police officer in New York who had his daughter abducted to Germany. For nearly 4 years this loving, honest, compassionate father has fought to reunite with his child. Yet she remains in Germany and he is as close as bringing her home today as he was when the kidnapping first occurred.<br /><br />Unfortunately, there are countries, particularly in the Middle East, that have cultural environments that make it very difficult for a woman to recover their child. Cultural norms in Asia make it equally difficult for a man to recover their child. But child recovery and reunification is rare. In fact, there are many cases when the international courts order for a child to be returned to their country of original jurisdiction, and the kidnapping parent does not follow the court orders and does so without fear of retribution or arrest . . . . its a common theme.<br /><br />Now back to the <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/Prevention__Eyes_Open.html" target="_blank">WARNING SIGNS</a> - If the other parent threatens you that they will take your child abroad and you will never see them, don't take this threat as a non-event. Many abductors who have successfully kept a child abroad did in fact make at least one threat that they were returning to their own country of origin. <br /><br />Another WARNING SIGN is if the other parent presses you to sign a passport application for your child to obtain a passport from their country of their origin. Remember - your child has a right to dual citizenship if their other parent is a foreign born national. <br /><br />BEWARE that many nations do not require a second parent's signature in order to obtain travel documents for a dual national child. . . for example France - so you very well may not know if the other parent has a secondary passport issued from another country. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT because even though the U.S. courts may obtain or even cancel your child's American passports, they have no control on passports issued by another country. The fact is that even though a U.S. court order may restrict international travel for the child - passports issued by a foreign country are accepted without question at points of departure from the U.S. "<br /><br />So if abduction is going to occur - there is a high probability that foreign issued passports will be used to leave the United States.<br /><br />NEEDLESS TO SAY, if you discover a foreign passport for your child issued from another country that you were not aware of, you have a serious problem on your hand.<br /><br />Often the scheming parent will use a sudden illness of a family member abroad as a scheme to play on the targeted parent's heart, often seeking to have their child, 'See their grandmother or grandfather before they pass away.' I can't even begin to tell you how many scenarios like that I am aware of - when the targeted parent who let their child travel with the other parent - soon finds out that there was no family emergency, but instead - an abduction scheme.<br /><br />A CRITICAL WARNING SIGN is if you soon realize that the other parent is sending large sums of money or other personal belongings abroad - or if they are removing all financial ties to the country they presently live in . . . such as selling their home, quitting their job, selling their car. You get the idea.<br /><br />There is one other VERY IMPORTANT WARNING SIGN that I would like to touch upon here: if there is a false police complaint and incident report filed by your child's other parent against you, there is a likelihood that they are establishing a case against you based upon domestic violence and abuse which will be very beneficial to them in court should they abduct your child.<br /><br />Disgracefully, both men and women abductors are known to make false claims of abuse toward the other parent when planning to abduct . . . if you think it can’t happen to you – you better think again. <br /><br />With false police complaints in mind, there is something every parent should be aware of: generally, a parent seeking to abduct a child will often make a false police report against the other parent on Thursday afternoons thru Friday afternoon in hope to have their targeted parent arrested and detained by law enforcement over the weekend so that while the child's other parent is in jail, they have an unimpeded path to depart the country. <br /><br />When the abductor arrives in the inbound country where they had schemed to abduct the child to - they have established a paper trail of domestic abuse or violence reports that may provide the court in the foreign country with all the evidence they need to allow the abductor the right to keep the child there, thus becoming a 'liberator' as opposed to an 'abductor' because they created the false appearance that they had to run to protect their lives.<br /><br />Remember, children under 16 years of age living in the United States, Canada, or Mexico are not required to present a valid passport when traveling within North America so long as they travel by land or sea under policies established by the <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/Peter_Thomas_Senese_WHTI.html" target="_blank">Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative</a> . . . . which means that a closed circuit cruise ship that starts and ends in the same port, but that may travel to foreign ports, is in fact a vehicle for abductors to use. <br /><br />Hopefully the I CARE Foundation's efforts will cause our government to modify this policy and mandate that children traveling abroad, regardless of age must present a valid passport.<br /><br />The Truth is that there are a substantial amount of <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/Prevention__Eyes_Open.html"><u><span style="color: blue;">warning signs of abduction</span></u><span style="color: blue;"></span></a>, and parents need to pay attention to them TODAY. <br /><br />Should you believe that your child is at risk of abduction, please contact a qualified attorney who has true experience litigating international child abduction prevention cases. <br /><br />If child abduction is in process, please contact law enforcement immediately as well as a qualified attorney familiar with abduction. You should also immediately contact the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/emergencies/emergencies_3845.html" target="_blank">United States Department of State's OFFICE OF CHILDREN'S ISSUES.</a> <br /><br />As the summer approaches, the reality is that thousands of children will be targeted for abduction. It is anticipated that several thousand children will be kidnapped abroad when combining reported and unreported cases of abduction. <br /><br />Of these children taken, only a small number will ever return home . . . ever see their targeted parent again . . . ever return to the community they were raised in . . . ever see their family now left behind. <br /><br />In the process, their identity will be stolen . . . who they are will be denied . . . they will learn to know hatred because that is what an abductor will preach to them in order to have that child hate their left behind parent . . . and they will live a life as a fugitive. <br /><br />Most of all they will become prisoners illegally detained by a vengeful abductor who is using that child to cause harm and destruction to the other parent. <br /><br />Tragically, these children will lose their innocence. As I said earlier, many will never come home . . . some simply will never have the opportunity to . . . . they can't.<br /><br />For more information I urge you to visit the<a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank"> I CARE Foundation's website</a>. You may also visit the official website for <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/" target="_blank">Chasing The Cyclone</a>, which is the website of my deeply inspired novel about international child abduction that contains an extensive amount of resources. And of course, you should visit the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/emergencies/emergencies_3845.html" target="_blank">United States Department Of States Official Website</a>, particularly if abduction is in progress.<br /><br />Protect yourself and your child. <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/Abduction_Warning_Signs.html" target="_blank">Educate yourself</a>. <br /><br /><a href="http://internationalparentalchildabduciton.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-international-child-abduction.html" target="_blank">Click here to read how to stop international parental child abduction when a child may be issued two dual passports.</a> <br /><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang=""></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> </span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-44677033133567351272013-05-24T12:06:00.000-07:002013-05-24T12:06:02.306-07:00Summer Vacation. 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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JJ1iLz_1vOHVdPFTtrDOPEIdzjdYL34TTVEPfJLmVvFsTbdYugghriyBO2Bc953fMGbEc4CP_LRrhQdJHmpErFjk5O8hJGaczD21hS2GTnI36QKt11zV7Rr_r5kCEPuVw0QoeTm6d5Rn/s1600/10.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JJ1iLz_1vOHVdPFTtrDOPEIdzjdYL34TTVEPfJLmVvFsTbdYugghriyBO2Bc953fMGbEc4CP_LRrhQdJHmpErFjk5O8hJGaczD21hS2GTnI36QKt11zV7Rr_r5kCEPuVw0QoeTm6d5Rn/s1600/10.jpeg" /></a>Many U.S. citizen children who fall victim to international parental abduction possess dual nationality. Being aware of the child's other parent's possession of a secondary passport issued from that parent's country of origin is critical in preventing abduction because children abducted abroad usually travel outside of the country on their foreign passport. Preventing the issuance of your child's secondary passport to a foreign country is possible, but not guaranteed, based upon the country of origin of the child's other parent and their laws. Nevertheless, it is important to strongly note the majority of international parental child abductions that occur are carefully planned schemes that attempt to catch the targeted parent off guard. A parent intending to snatch a child may use an assortment of reasons in order to obtain the secondary passport. Certain countries require signatures of both of the child's parents, while many require only the signature of the parent that possesses citizenship to that country. </div>
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In scenarios where only the parent who possesses citizenship to the country the child has a right to secondary citizenship to can apply for their child's passport, the grave risk and reality is that if abduction is planned, the abducting parent will attempt to conceal the existence of the secondary passport from the other parent. Additionally, in cases where dual signatures are required, it is possible that the taking parent can fraudulently submit the other parent's signature to the passport bureau of the other country as generally there are limited documentation controls in place set up to validate the application request. </div>
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Of troubling concern is the fact that the United States does not possess border exit controls, thus there are limited ways to ensure that a child departing the country is doing so without violating a custody order. Granted, there are certain government programs that exist that have worked extremely well, such as the <a href="http://www.prurgent.com/2010-04-16/pressrelease89893.htm" target="_blank">Prevent Departure Program</a>; however, there are restrictions to such programs such as the Prevent Departure Program, including that a person considered to be a high-abduction risk cannot possess a right of American citizenship. Thus, if a parent who is planning to abduct a child possess dual citizenship, they cannot be placed on the secure screening list established to protect against international kidnapping. Additional difficulties abound, including the reality that a U.S. court has limited authority in obtaining records from a foreign embassy or consulate to determine if a parent has requested or obtained secondary passports for a child. </div>
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While the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/" target="_blank">Department of State</a> will make every effort to avoid issuing a U.S. passport if the custodial parent has provided a custody decree, the Department cannot prevent embassies and consulates of other countries in the United States from issuing their passports to children who are also their nationals. </div>
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All is not lost if you act thoughtfully. For example, you can ask a foreign embassy or consulate not to issue a passport to your child. On numerous occassions I or one of the attorneys associated with the I CARE Foundation have accompanied a targeted parent and personally visited a foreign embassy or consulate and requested that a secondary passport not be issued in the name of the child due to an abduction threat.</div>
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If traveling to an embassy or consulate is not a possibility, I suggest you contact the consulate, locate a supervisor who oversees their passport issuance program, and speak to them about your concern for abduction and specifically state you do not want that country to issue a passport. Immediatly after that telephone call, you must submit a written request, along with certified complete copies of any court orders addressing custody or the overseas travel of your child you have. From experience, I strongly suggest you also include your marriage certificate, your child's birth certificate, and any other relevant documentation that establishes your marriage or legal partnership and establishes that you are the parent of the child or children. In your letter, inform them that you are sendinga copy of this request to the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of State</a>. </div>
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If your child is only a U.S. citizen, you can request that no visa for that country be issued in his or her U.S. passport. No international law requires compliance with such requests, but some countries will comply voluntarily. </div>
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With respect to your requests to a foreign country, there is one thing I would like to share from experience: you are likely to get more cooperation at times if you or your legal representative schedule an appointment in person. This is something I have seen first-hand in my capacity as a director of the I CARE Foundation. </div>
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But what is dual nationality?</div>
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The concept of dual nationality means that a person is a citizen of two countries at the same time. Each country has its own citizenship laws based on its own policy. Persons may have dual nationality by automatic operation of different laws rather than by choice. For example, a child born in a foreign country to U.S. citizen parents may be both a U.S. citizen and a citizen of the country of birth.</div>
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A U.S. citizen may acquire foreign citizenship by marriage, or a person naturalized as a U.S. citizen may not lose the citizenship of the country of birth.U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or require a person to choose one citizenship or another. Also, a person who is automatically granted another citizenship does not risk losing U.S. citizenship. However, a person who acquires a foreign citizenship by applying for it may lose U.S. citizenship. In order to lose U.S. citizenship, the law requires that the person must apply for the foreign citizenship voluntarily, by free choice, and with the intention to give up U.S. citizenship.</div>
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Intent can be shown by the person's statements or conduct.The U.S. Government recognizes that dual nationality exists but does not encourage it as a matter of policy because of the problems it may cause. Claims of other countries on dual national U.S. citizens may conflict with U.S. law, and dual nationality may limit U.S. Government efforts to assist citizens abroad. The country where a dual national is located generally has a stronger claim to that person's allegiance.</div>
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However, dual nationals owe allegiance to both the United States and the foreign country. They are required to obey the laws of both countries. Either country has the right to enforce its laws, particularly if the person later travels there.Most U.S. citizens, including dual nationals, must use a U.S. passport to enter and leave the United States. Dual nationals may also be required by the foreign country to use its passport to enter and leave that country. Use of the foreign passport does not endanger U.S. citizenship.Most countries permit a person to renounce or otherwise lose citizenship.</div>
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Information on losing foreign citizenship can be obtained from the foreign country's embassy and consulates in the United States. Americans can renounce U.S. citizenship in the proper form at U.S. embassies and consulates abroad.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuYXb76f-diAPTKyc4x-IY8T2vdDMlyJ8iiCMc6o0e3Lz8preml6xOv5miNEVEeFbozeLeeoWvda3rRMDjmLqY58hsqzkeWrWRyN8xa7UGVZzZCzw1EDGZr6mVD9QkVgM1MCECHWBBZal/s1600/14.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuYXb76f-diAPTKyc4x-IY8T2vdDMlyJ8iiCMc6o0e3Lz8preml6xOv5miNEVEeFbozeLeeoWvda3rRMDjmLqY58hsqzkeWrWRyN8xa7UGVZzZCzw1EDGZr6mVD9QkVgM1MCECHWBBZal/s1600/14.jpeg" /></a>As stated earlier, The United States does not have exit controls on its borders for holders of a valid passport. This makes preventing a passport from being issued to your child without your consent very important. Generally, if your child has a passport, it can be difficult to prevent the other parent from removing the child to another country without your permission. </div>
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U.S. law requires the signature of both parents, or the child's legal guardians, prior to issuance of a U.S. passport to children under the age of 16. To obtain a U.S. passport for a child under the age of 16, both parents (or the child’s legal guardians) must execute the child’s passport application and provide documentary evidence demonstrating that they are the parents or guardians. If this cannot be done, the person executing the passport application must provide documentary evidence that he or she has sole custody of the child, has the consent of the other parent to the issuance of the passport, or is acting in place of the parents and has the consent of both parents (or of a parent/legal guardian with sole custody over the child to the issuance of the passport).</div>
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The law does provide two exceptions to this requirement: (1) for exigent circumstances, such as those involving the health or welfare of he child, or (2) when the Secretary of State determines that issuance of a passport is warranted by special family circumstances. </div>
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Since 2003, United States citizens have had available a very effective international child abduction prevention tool called ‘<a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/Prevent_Departure_Progra.html" target="_blank">The Prevent Departure Program’</a>. Unfortunately, many parents at risk of having their child internationally abducted are not aware that this incredibly useful tool is available to them.</div>
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In the aftermath of 911, the Department of Homeland Security’s ‘Prevent Departure Program’ was created to stop non-U.S. citizens from departing the country. The program applies to non-US citizens physically located in America considered individuals at risk of child abduction. The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) oversees this program and it is monitored 24 hours a day.</div>
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What the <a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/Prevent_Departure_Progra.html" target="_blank">‘Prevent Departure Program’</a> does is provide immediate information to the transportation industry, including all air, land, and sea channels a single point of contact at Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and provides a comprehensive database of individuals the United States believes may immediately depart to a foreign country.</div>
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The program only applies to aliens, and is not available to stop U.S. citizens or dual U.S./foreign citizens from leaving the country.</div>
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Under Section 215 of the ‘Immigration and Nationality Act’ (8 U.S.C. 1185) and it’s implementing regulations (8 CFR Part 215 and 22 CFR Part 46), it authorizes departure-control officers to prevent an alien’s departure from the United States if the alien’s departure would be prejudicial to the interests of the United States. These regulations include would-be abductions of U.S. citizens in accordance to court orders originating from the child’s court of habitual residency.</div>
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If the abductor and child are identified, they will be denied boarding. In order to detain them after boarding is denied, there must be a court order prohibiting the child’s removal or providing for the child’s pick-up, or a warrant for the abductor.</div>
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In order for an at risk parent to participate in the program, all of the following must be demonstrated:</div>
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With respect to the established guidelines listed above, note that in order to request the listing of the other parent, that person must be an alien of the United States. The program does not apply to US citizens at risk of leaving the country.</div>
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The second mandate states a request to place an individual’s name on the Prevent Departure Program must include support by a law enforcement agency or from the Department of State’s Office of Children’s Issues, which has the authority of requesting for the Department of Homeland Security to list a suspected child abductor on the ‘Prevent Departure Program’.</div>
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The third criteria: possessing a custodial order, is essential. Regardless if the other parent has joint custody or rights of visitation, critically, you must make sure that there are injunction orders in place prohibiting the child from being removed from the jurisdiction of habitual residency. Unfortunately, many international parental child abductions are well planned out in advance of the actual abduction, and the targeted parent has no idea that an abduction is in progress until it is too late. This is why it is essential for parents in partnership with non-nationals to be fully aware of the warning signs associated with a potential international child abduction.</div>
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The fourth criteria states the obvious: in order to prevent an alien-parent suspected of abducting a child on U.S. soil, that parent must be on U.S. soil.</div>
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The fifth criteria requests that the applying parent demonstrate that the alien-parent has demonstrated the likelihood of abducting the child across international borders in the immediate future. Remember – you need to document and record as much evidence as possible.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUck7apJQZ-wImfrpt0lhjCod0ewyPPbasNVieY5rTiQxcmW33e-wuNo_jLcL2rYS9OtOLYtCMpbri6YvAnPAjYNJcjKMTEIHhahHi6rLvljVFt5QZV4myMOPH6RVj43QcQMWoYyHZsK3a/s1600/2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUck7apJQZ-wImfrpt0lhjCod0ewyPPbasNVieY5rTiQxcmW33e-wuNo_jLcL2rYS9OtOLYtCMpbri6YvAnPAjYNJcjKMTEIHhahHi6rLvljVFt5QZV4myMOPH6RVj43QcQMWoYyHZsK3a/s1600/2.jpeg" /></a>For many parents who face the risk of having their child abducted and removed across international borders, the nightmare that both targeted parent and victimized child face is unbearable. </div>
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<a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/Prevent_Departure_Progra.html" target="_blank">The Prevent Departure Program</a> is not for everyone and should not be abused; however, in situations where an abduction threat is real and the targeting parent intent on abducting a child is a non-US citizen possessing the capacity to breach court orders and abduct a child of a relationship, the Prevent Departure Program may be a useful tool.</div>
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Be aware that if a person has a right of <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9164789.htm" target="_blank">U.S. citizenship, including possessing sole American citizenship or dual citizenship, they cannot be placed on the Prevent Departure Program</a> (The I CARE Foundation is hoping to have the government change that policy since individuals who possess singular citizenship do abduct children abroad).<span lang=""></span></div>
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The I CARE Foundation has assisted many families in crisis who are at risk of having a child internationally abducted from the child's country of jurisdiction based upon one of the child's parent's scheme to remove the child by obtaining a secondary passport. In many of these cases, the targeted parent did not know that the other parent already possessed a secondary passport for their child. In cert<br />
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Targeted parents and attorneys overseeing an abduction prevention case need to be aware that when there is an abductin concern that they should immediately contact the consulate where the child's other parent is a national of and request if a passport has been issued in the child's name. There are times when the consulate or embassy may provide this information. Often this is not the case.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJxbjp7Ii5gCqpGT3shooD4zKvQOuM6g7Yd__dda3OROCXHfMbrM5IbyrxJ9QcZhHHNplNAsrbNHIFxFBmcPNkNh27eLX00emYkLvuTb313Qn_NAk8oRPEFrxuDt_E6_tjnKwQOOd0pNl/s1600/1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJxbjp7Ii5gCqpGT3shooD4zKvQOuM6g7Yd__dda3OROCXHfMbrM5IbyrxJ9QcZhHHNplNAsrbNHIFxFBmcPNkNh27eLX00emYkLvuTb313Qn_NAk8oRPEFrxuDt_E6_tjnKwQOOd0pNl/s1600/1.jpeg" /></a>In all cases where a secondary passport is a concern, one of the legal strategies the attorneys associated with the <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank">I CARE Foundation</a> have successfully implemented is to seek an emergency order from the court possessing jurisdiction of the child whereas, the petition requests that 'responding parent' (parent believed to planning an abduction) provide formal documentation from the consulate or embassy of their country of origin that grants the consulate or embassy permission to answer a court subpeona concerning the issuance of a passport (the consulate or embassy is not required to do so even if a subpeona is issued), or, that the court order the responding parent to provide an official letter from their country of origin stating that neither a passport for the child has been issued from that country and no application for a passport has been submitted. </div>
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During the emergency application, the targeted parent (the 'applicant') has sought a host of measures, including seeking for the court or the applicant to take possession of the child's American passports; and, for the child being placed on the United States Passport Issuance Alert Program; and, for either removal of child access or limited, supervised access of the targeted child by the parent suspected of child snatching. If the Prevent Departure Program is applicable, attorneys have previously sought for the court to request that the U.S. Department of State petition the U.S. Department of Homeland Security place a person considered a high-risk child abductor on the secure screening list to ensure that person does not travel outside of the country with the child unless permitted to do so by court order. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCEfxGb4aYRYL3_ARpFKsuygiIdWuo86hVjNeg54y3cv3hBdQrQUIdujT-6_YrHeO29iK1Z97z4Sr-Krrb_I9tGEX9CJNaPTXgOEdSj3A_lV7qHV40g6dp-RnVPs8p1u9tlDeJ3e1_B1V/s1600/33.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCEfxGb4aYRYL3_ARpFKsuygiIdWuo86hVjNeg54y3cv3hBdQrQUIdujT-6_YrHeO29iK1Z97z4Sr-Krrb_I9tGEX9CJNaPTXgOEdSj3A_lV7qHV40g6dp-RnVPs8p1u9tlDeJ3e1_B1V/s1600/33.jpeg" /></a>Obviously there are many other steps that can be taken, but one I think worth sharing is the concern that a parent traveling by land or sea across international adjacent borders (For the United States this means travel to Canada, Mexico, or certain Caribbean island-nations) with a minor under 16 years of age does not need to present a valid passport for their child at the border-crossing (valid passports are required for all travelers regardless of age only when traveling abroad by aircraft) as established by the <a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/Peter_Thomas_Senese_WHTI.html" target="_blank">Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative</a>. Thus, a parent planning to abduct a child could do so by boarding a closed circuit cruise, or by simply driving across the border. It is critical that an attorney attempting to prevent abduction familiarize themselves with the <a href="http://chasingthecyclone.com/Peter_Thomas_Senese_WHTI.html" target="_blank">Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative loopholes</a> and present these issues to the court they are litigating over. One other good idea is that they present to the court the statistical realities of child abduction return, including whether a country that appears to be a likly inbound country is a member of the Hague Convention, and whether or not they are a complying country. Of course, that's not all that should be presented to the court. A few other important issues include the potential for severe abuse to the child; and, the severe abuse to the targeted parent, the cost to litigate; and, the ability for the taking parent to disappear abroad, including departing the country they initially 'landed' in, and travel to another country; and finally, the likelyhood that a child will be returned. </div>
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I invite you to read <a href="http://internationalparentalchildabduciton.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-vacations-and-international.html" target="_blank">Summer Vacations and International Parental Child Abduction</a> and to visit the official website of the <a href="http://www.travel.state.gov/abduction/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of State</a>, <a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank"> I CARE Foundation</a> and <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/" target="_blank">Chasing The Cyclone</a> for more information about abduction. </div>
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One little word of advice: the majority of parents who have had their child abducted never saw it coming. Do not stick your head in the ground and think this cannot happen to you. Educate yourself.<br />
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Yesterday, I had the pleasure to discuss with two associates from the United States Department of State's Office of Childrens Issues who I have been working with for some time the increase in parental awareness concerning international child kidnappings. In fact, each of the DOS officials shared that there has been a large increase in abduction prevention cases. <br />
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If you could only imagine the smile that spread across my face hearing their words . . . . though I must say that based upon the I CARE Foundation's own abduction prevention case load, I was fully aware that parents who are at risk of having a child stolen by the other parent are acting.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">The SPRING Season Is The Time Of Year When International Parental Child Abductions Are Planned. Parents in Multi-National Relationships That Are Facing Difficulty Should Be Very Concerned About The Reality of International Child Abduction.</span></strong></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">This said, I am writing to offer an important reminder that the summer months and school vacations are the primary time of year when children from all around the world are targets for IPCA. Critically, it is important to remember that the vast majority of IPCA cases are well planned, filled with clever schemes and chicanary, and attempt to through the targeted parent off-guard so that they would not suspect that a planned kidnapping is underway or has occurred until their child is gone. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Remember, now is the time that parents intending to illegally remove their children from the child's country of habitual residency begin planning their scheme. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Before I go further, I think it is necessary to point out that the majority of IPCA cases occur in cross-cultural relationships, whereas one parent is born or has close connections to another country other than the country their child was raised in. Of course, IPCA does not only occur in multi-national relationships; however, it appears that when multi-national relationships fail that have a child attached to it, there exists a higher possibility of IPCA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">There are in fact many signs and signals that can provide you with insight that your spouse or former spouse is intending to abduct with your child. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Most of all, trust your instincts. If you have reason to believe that your spouse is in the process or is contemplating the abduction of your child, you must not wait: contact your local police and a lawyer familiar with family law and custody matters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">You may need to file an ex parte (an Emergency without notice filing) motion to the court of jurisdiction where the child lives, seeking court intervention prior to when the abduction or wrongful retention occurs. Under most laws, the judge will have to hear your application so long as you present enough strong and credible evidence that your spouse or ex spouse is planning to take your child across state or international borders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The most obvious warning sign is if the other parent communicates in any way that they have intent or a desire to remove the child of the relationship out of the country. In most instances, if the other parent threatens you with the idea that they are going to abduct your child, the fact is that in most cases, the abduction is already planned and may be in progress. You must act!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">In addition, there has been a new, frightening trend that is causing incredible harm to targeted parents of abduction: the use of false criminal complaints against a targeted parent by a taking parent so that the parent intending to abduct a child can have their target arrested, typically for domestic abuse. In these growing schemes, the parent intending to illegally remove the child will typically make a false police report on a Friday afternoon, with the hope and expectation that the child's other parent will be arrested and detained throughout the weekend. While that parent is held, the abductor will then leave the country without incident. And outlandishly, they will portray themselves as liberators fleeing a violent abuser, when in fact, the entire scheme was a lie. Unfortunately, it is a clever lie because the abductor has set up an abduction defense under Article 13 of the Hague Convention if in fact the nation they were abducting to was a signatory member of the convention. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Now, I can't say this enough: the early spring is teh time of year when abduction schemes are planned. Be very mindful that the other parent's full intent is to have you drop down your guard: in order for them to be successful, they must trick you into thinking everything is going well in your relationship. So, for example if you are in a relationship that has been consistently strained, and all of a sudden the child's other parent begins to put some 'curious' effort into making things work - and they soon suggest traveling to their home country with your child during the summer - be extremely concerned that a planned abduciton is well under way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1. Be aware of the possibility of any abduction. Although there are no foolproof warning signs for abduction risk, some indicators should not be ignored. Do not stick your head in the sand and pretend that your child is not at risk. Awareness of IPCA is critical.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2. The vast majority of international child abductions occur by a parent who is determined to cause hardship and harm to the other parent. The instrument that they use in order to cause this harm is the child or children of the marriage. A significant number of leading therapist from around the world have stated in numerous reports that revenge is the primary and leading reason why one parent will try to end the other parent’s relationship with their own child. Therefore, if you are involved with a person who has jealous or revengeful tendencies, you must be aware that these characteristics are common in the vast majority of would-be parental child abductors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">3. If the issues raised in Section 2 are true in your situation and your spouse or former spouse has in the past used the child of your marriage or relationship to cause you harm, pain, and suffering, or, has tried to control and manipulate your actions, then your concern should be magnified ten-fold. If the same individual has family members in another country or has lived in another country and has expressed a desire or threat to move there with your child, your concern should be magnified one-hundred fold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">4. If there is evidence of previous abductions, disappearances, or threats to abduct the child by your spouse or ex-spouse, these indicators demonstrate that any new abduction threat is real and in more likelihood already planned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">5. If your spouse or ex-spouse has citizenship in another country and strong emotional or cultural ties to their country of origin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">8. Concealed, hidden, and abrupt communication with individuals or family members living in a foreign country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">9. Concealed, hidden, and abrupt communication with a lawyer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">10. Frequent previous trips with child to a foreign country without other parent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">11. Family and friends living in a foreign country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">16. Engaged in planning activities such as quitting job; selling home; terminating lease; closing bank accounts or liquidating assets; hiding or destroying documents; or securing a passport, a birth certificate, or school medical records.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">18. An announcement of an unexpected trip to another country with the child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">23. In certain jurisdictions – whereas both parents have a joint-right to custody – it is conceivable that a parent possessing a right of custodial authority over the child (this can be joint or sole custody) can legally remove the child of the marriage/partnership to another country for an undetermined period of time (claiming a holiday or short-term trip) without needing permission or actually informing the other parent if a pre-existing travel agreement is not in place already with the court. Essentially, a parent exercising their right of custody over their child can legally remove the child of the marriage/partnership without permission from the other parent if a court order is not issued previously. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Not surprisingly, many international parental child abductions occur when one parent takes the child of the marriage to another country for an alleged short ‘family visit’ – however, in reality that person has no intention of ever returning with the child to the place of habitual residency. What typically happens next in these scenarios is that the abducting parent, unknown to the left behind parent, files for a divorce in the country they have abducted to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The divorce motion and affidavit filed makes claim to all sorts of cruel and dangerous behavior against the spouse (thus the reason why they are able to file under an ex parte [without notice] motion). Once the divorce law suit is filed, the abducting parent usually will go underground with the assistance of family and/or friends who usually assisted in the planning of this act. It is critical to note that deception is a critical element in these typical scenarios: the left behind parent is left to believe that their partner and child are on a short vacation (typically to visit family of the partner) at the time of their departure. A few days or weeks later, reality sets in with either a phone call or a letter saying that the partner and child/children are not returning, and that a divorce action has been filed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">So, even if you think you are happily married, it is greatly advised to have a legally binding and court registered travel agreement in place prior to either parent exercising a right of custody is granted permission to leave the country with your child.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">24. Trust your instincts: if something feels wrong, it probably is. And remember that most international parental child abductions are carefully planned and typically involve the help of others.<br /><br />25. BEWARE that the other parent may be trying to prepare an Article 13 Defense while remaining in the country prior to an abduction. This may include the other parent filing false police reports or social service reports against you. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-3724392328572440552013-04-04T11:53:00.002-07:002013-04-04T11:53:37.512-07:00Acting In Kindness - Continued Testimonials About Peter Thomas Senese's Good Citizenship<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzk77lmA85j5gC6F9Dt4wjgaL_2mxThw5UZpXlrGA6uZelZ8MtHyjFE3zyZFi9dAIfO-5cgK2n-Gw20LhKB5AbS-x78VJ2RliD7LbE6FUMGktqhZUZFjuwNgWtz543BseB377wfuHRIQ/s1600/peter_solo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzk77lmA85j5gC6F9Dt4wjgaL_2mxThw5UZpXlrGA6uZelZ8MtHyjFE3zyZFi9dAIfO-5cgK2n-Gw20LhKB5AbS-x78VJ2RliD7LbE6FUMGktqhZUZFjuwNgWtz543BseB377wfuHRIQ/s1600/peter_solo.jpg" height="320" width="271" /></a>Acting in kindness is rather easy if you live in Uhuru - to know and embrace freedom by living unbowed to and within your morals, values, and ethics. <br />
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In my own beliefs, I understand the importance of being unbowed to child abductors and traffickers. For those of you who understand this world - you know of its darkness and the danger placed on children. <br />
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Tragically, international parental child abduction remains a severe issue around the world. Protecting children from abduction is such an important issue.<br />
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Over the years, it has been my pleasure to assist many other parents protect their children from having their children kidnapped. <br />
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Every once in a while I have shared a letter written by one of these parents to give insight on the world of abduction as well as to share a humble lesson that we can all make a difference in the lives of others.<br />
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Today I would like to share with you one of these letters written by a parent I have deep respect for and who I am proud to call friend.<br />
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<a href="http://petersenese.com/uploads/Senese_Michael_Letter.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Click Here To Read The Sworn Letter Concerning The I CARE Foundation</strong></a><br />
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Most of all, I would like to leave you with this simple message: don't be afraid to be kind to another person. <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-77263361624983148902013-03-23T08:50:00.002-07:002013-06-12T19:04:37.273-07:00The I CARE Foundation: Playing A Key Role In Protecting Children From International Parental Child AbductionThis past week the<a href="http://www.stopchildabduction.org/" target="_blank"> I CARE Foundation</a> had a busier week than usual trying to assist targeted parents prevent the abduction of their children. In fact, Friday alone included three separate international parental child abduction prevention cases that we directly were involved in litigation with, and one case where we provided important counsel and advice.<br />
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None of these cases are easy. All of them however have two elements that keeps us focused on why we advocate the way we do: the innocence of children is worth protecting at all costs, and, when a war called international parental child abduction can be averted, we know first-hand that all parties involved will be spared significant casualties.<br />
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On a personal note, I am very pleased to have been able to help a wonderful parent and an incredible family yesterday who was gravely concerned about an abduction threat. Seeing my friend hold his children in his arms made all the personal sacrifice required this week well worth it. Words cannot express the joy I felt yesterday walking in my friend's home . . . with his children. <br />
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And should my friend who I accompanied yesterday ever read this, I want you to know how proud I am of you.<br />
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On a separate but relevant note, the first quarter of 2013 is shaping up to be a very busy one with respect to international parental child abduction prevention cases. The I CARE Foundation's intake of prevention cases is at 40% of the 2012 case load: clearly more parents are acting in preemptive ways in order to stop an international kidnapping before it happens. This is very important news as it may represent - I hope - that the number of reported abductions may drop again this year the way it declined in 2012 (A 15.3% decline in reported cases during 2012). <br />
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There is no question that the I CARE Foundation's along with other organizations' messages concerning international parental child abduction prevention is working. The number of reported kidnappings is dropping while the number of abduction prevention cases is increasing. <br />
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Step by step, we are making a difference. <br />
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Best regards to all,<br />
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<a href="http://www.petersenese.com/" target="_blank">Peter Thomas Senese</a><br />
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Author - <a href="http://www.chasingthecyclone.com/" target="_blank">Chasing The Cyclone</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843774623243868507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604146359377234516.post-23189364782100861812013-03-11T12:16:00.000-07:002013-03-11T12:16:04.342-07:00Find Your Voice. Share Your Voice. Live Free<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Should you ever wonder just how important one person's voice can be - I urge you to read <a href="http://mom-ology.ca/wordpress/never-think-that-your-voice-doesnt-matter-because-it-does/?fb_action_ids=517452344973289&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582" target="_blank"><b>'Find Your Voice'</b></a> - it very well may be one of the most important articles you may ever read.</div>
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