Lawyer Bernadette Abejo, executive director of the Inter-Country Adoption Board (ICAB) who was also a panelist in the online adoption forum, said they have complained of these social media accounts that claim to process online adoption which has been hard to track. We would like to share that in our celebration, we do not encourage online adoption because that is illegal,” she added in mixed English and Filipino. “We would like to inform everyone not to engage in these fake FB accounts that facilitate online adoption. We have reported this actually and coordinated with NBI and police authorities, to track these identified accounts,” Naviamos said. “DSWD has actually monitored 48 fake FB accounts saying they facilitate online adoption. In an online forum on legal adoption organized by the DSWD last Saturday as part of Adoption Consciousness Week, Wilma Naviamos of the department’s Program Management Bureau said they have already monitored and tracked down the fake Facebook accounts. It does not store any personal data.MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is working with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and law enforcement agencies to track down groups behind 48 fake Facebook accounts that claim to facilitate illegal online adoption. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. She chaired the 4th Special Commission of The Hague Intercountry Convention held on June 8 to 12, 2015, chaired the committee on financial aspects of intercountry adoption and was a member of the special committee on illicit practices on Intercountry adoption at the Hague Permanent Bureau. She has provided legal advice on the internal regulations pertaining to intercountry adoption procedure and processes. She has provided practical advice on the crafting of and implementation of the Hague Convention of 1993 for Asian countries on the structure and functions of the Central Authorities of the sending countries. She is a consultant of the Permanent Bureau of The Hague Conference on the Permanent Bureau’s Intercountry Adoption Technical Assistance Program (ICATAP). She attended the 5th session Seminar for Advanced Studies in Public and Private International Law on “The Protection of the Child in International Law” at the Academy of International Law in The Hague on June 14 to 20, 2009. She was the Executive Director of the National Authority for Child Care formerly the Intercountry Adoption Board (ICAB), the Philippine Central Authority on the 1993 Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption from 2008 to 2022. Bernadette Abejo is a graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Law class of 1990, Social Work in 2016 at the UP Open University.
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