Haitian children Gesner, 13, carries his sister Gloria, 1, next to his brother Gabriel, 3, three of the 33 children involved in an illicit adoption scheme, as they sit next other children inside the NGO "SOS Children's Village" in Port-au-Prince Feb. 2, 2010. (Eliana Aponte/Reuters)

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Haitian mother: I willingly sent my sons to the Dominican Republic, but did not realize they were up for adoption.

By Inigo Gilmore — Special to GlobalPost

Published: February 4, 2010 17:26 ET

CALEBASSE, Haiti — When the American Baptist missionaries came into this small village perched above the destroyed capital, Maggie Moise willingly gave away her 9-year-old twins.

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