What is happening with China Adoptions????

The latest news from Rumour Queen is very very unsettling. Apparently a European agency was mistakenly sent referrals ahead of time. That is the official cut off date for referrals being sent out is people registered with the CCAA up to 25th November 2005. However the European agency received referrals for December 2005. They have contacted the CCAA and it was a clerical error. So that's fine then, mistakes do happen etc etc.

The REALLY unsettling bit, is that one small American Agency was outed, as ALWAYS getting their referrals early!! They have apparently received referrals for their clients up to FEBRUARY 2006!!!!!! OMG!!!! This is HUGE!!! One of the big draws for many (and very important to me and Mr Messy) was the fair and equitable way the CCAA dealt with applications. They referred children to families in strict date order, barring mix ups and clerical errors. And no matter how small this agency is, or how few people are included in this early referral stuff its CORRUPT!! How has this one agency got the CCAA to do this?? And it has apparently been going on for a long time - waiting families are TOLD to keep quiet!!!!! That sounds ethical doesn't it?? NO NO NO NO it doesn't!!!!! Is this the only agency that gets this favour?? I can't see that it would be, can you??? They have obviously been successful at keeping this hushed up for quite some time, so how many other 'Golden Agencies' are there out there?? Where does this stop?? What if there are agencies that are able to get the youngest children referred to their clients?? Or the healthiest children?? Or whatever!! How can we be 100% certain that our PAP requirements (usually as young as possible and female!!) are being met from a legitimate pool of available children?? What if the corruption RQ has just exposed is the tip of the iceberg?? Where does that leave the programme?? My concience won't let me be part of a corrupt programme. If this is true and there isn't a reasonable explanation or immediate cessation of 'favours' I don't see how we can stay in this programme.