51.   No figures were available on how much money the institutions have received and critics say the international adoptions have been plagued with corruption.

52.   Romania enforced a ban on international adoptions in October after the European Union had pressured it to do so, arguing the adoption process was riddled with corruption.

53.   Romania should resist pressure to restart international adoptions until it passes legislation that will curb corruption in the system, an EU official said Wednesday.

54.   Romania will fight efforts to make it possible for foreigners to adopt orphans until new laws on international adoption are finished, a government spokesman said Friday.

55.   Since then, international adoptions have exploded.

56.   Susan Soon-kum Cox, vice president of public policy for Holt International adoption agency, said integrity in international adoptions is critical.

57.   The decision by the government of Prime Minister Adrian Nastase came after pressure from the U.S. government, international adoption brokers and would-be parents.

58.   The ban on international adoptions is to be lifted this month.

59.   The government forbade international adoptions in October.

60.   The government issued the ban in October at the request of the European Union, which criticized rampant corruption in the international adoption process.