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Sweden faces call to halt international adoptions after inquiry finds abuses, fraud

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Commission was formed in 2021 following a report detailing the Scandinavian country's problematic international adoption system.

Investigators found confirmed cases of child trafficking in every decade from the 1970s to the 2000s .

Commission called on the government to formally apologize to adoptees and their families.

The findings are challenging the international adoption industry, which was built on the model created in South Korea .