to this human rights violation. Therefore, the United States does not have the jurisdiction to prosecute these agencies working in the developing countries. However, the Department of State does caution that international adoption should be considered when it is in the best interest of a child and domestic adoption options have already been evaluated. Case studies Child laundering is a global issue, and there have been highly publicized cases in the past decade. Guatemala, China, and Cambodia highly exemplify the problems associated with intercountry adoptions. Guatemala From 1999–2011 there have been: 29,731 adoptions of Guatemalan children 15,691 females and 14,040 males 20,829 children aged under 1 year 6,557 children aged 1–2 years 2,749 children aged 3–18 years Before Guatemala's adoption of the Hague Convention in 2007, child laundering was a widespread and notorious issue in Guatemala. The recruiters are called jaladoras or buscadoras, and these individuals often work with medical personnel who give the recruiters information about where vulnerable women can be located. For every child procured, the buscadora earns anywhere from $5,000 to $8,000. Some of the methods included women being told their baby did not survive childbirth, or the outright purchase of a child. These women never received much in compensation for their child, as most of the bribes went to the "baby brokers" who process most of the paperwork in the adoption process. Since signing of the Hague Convention, new laws were passed by Guatemala to create new standards for the adoptions process. All adoption agencies have to be accredited and be accountable for their actions, as well as keep detailed and accurate financial records. Additionally, foster care now has much more accountability to the oversight of the Secretaria de Binestar Social (SBS). The Central Authority (CA) was also established in order to ensure Guatemala's compliance with Hague Convention rules; children who have been legally approved for adoptions (by a judge) are matched with a prospective adoptive family by a team made up of a CA social worker and a psychologist. Following the restructuring of the Guatemalan government, Guatemala ceased all foreign adoptions. In 2011, the government announced that authorities would be reviewing cases that had been in the works in 2007, but they would not be accepting any more cases. As of 2011, the United States was no longer processing adoptions from Guatemala, joining the ranks of other countries who had placed moratoriums on Guatemalan adoptions.