Intercountry or intercountry adoption (ICA), involves the transfer of children for parenting purposes from one country, “the country of origin” (usually a developing nation in the Global South ) to another, “the receiving country” (usually a developed nation in the Global North), where adoptive parents and children meet across different lines involving not only biological class, but also socioeconomic class, race, ethnic culture and nationality. It has become a complex phenomenon, closely linked to the socio-economic and political factors that influence families in the societies where it is practiced. The nature of the ICA has become unclear and difficult to define when two points of view become contradictory: some see the ICA as a “beautiful act of compassion” while others see it as a “form of child trafficking”. ICA has become a global market where the demand for healthy children from developed countries has created many opportunities for profit-making producers in poor and developing countries. The payment of high adoption fees and "donations" to orphanages, adoption agencies and government officials is seen as an incentive for widespread abuse and a motivation to ensure a steady supply of children, through vicious practices such as kidnapping, theft, traffic and purchase of children especially in disadvantaged countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa. The introduction of the Hague Convention in 1993, to ensure that HAIs are carried out in the best interests of the child and to protect children's fundamental rights, has led to a decline in the number of adoptions and seen many countries impose tough new restrictions . However, stories of child abuse and trafficking continue to come to light, particularly from countries that are not signatories... at the heart of the paper... parents who have left their children in these so-called "child care" facilities ". institutions”, expecting to bring the child home some time later, were surprised to discover that the child had been adopted abroad. As soon as corrupt officials and individuals discovered that there were profits to be made with the ICA, they began to “find” the healthy infants and young children that Westerners most wanted to adopt (Schuster Institute, 2008). The Convention on the Rights of the Child states that every child has the right to know his or her parents and to be cared for by his or her parents, a right ratified by UNICEF and other partners. Alternative means of caring for a child should only be considered when the child's family cannot be located or the family is unable or unwilling to care for the child. Under international law, adoption in the country of the child's birth is clearly preferable to ICA.