Egypt convicts Durham couple for illegal adoption - NC Wanted by American embassy athens greece

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:02:53 -0500

Egypt convicts Durham couple for illegal adoption - NC Wanted

by American embassy athens greece @ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:02:53 -0500
CAIRO — An Egyptian judge on Thursday convicted two American couples – including one from Durham – for human trafficking in an illegal adoptions case that highlighted bureaucratic entanglements and murky adoption law in this predominantly Muslim country. ... The couples were arrested in December after staff members of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo told authorities they were suspicious of the couples' efforts to take their adopted children out of Egypt. ...