https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2017/02/fbi_raids_strongsville-based_i.html
The Cleveland FBI raided an international adoption agency based in Strongsville Tuesday as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, a spokeswoman confirmed.
The visit by federal agents to European Adoption Consultants came less than two months after the U.S. State Department barred the company from conducting international adoption services for three years.
The State Department says European Adoption Consultants operates adoption programs in Bulgaria, China, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Honduras, India, Panama, Poland, Tanzania, Uganda and Ukraine.
The State Department says it barred the agency because it found "evidence of a pattern of serious, willful, or grossly negligent failure to comply with the standards and of aggravating circumstances." It says "continued accreditation of EAC would not be in the best interests of the children and families concerned."
The investigation found that European Adoption Consultants and its providers used false documents and made false statements to influence the government decisions here and overseas. These decisions affected adoption cases and the accreditation of agencies.