Warning signs that your child is at risk of international parental kidnapping

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  Warning signs that your child is at risk of international parental kidnapping

Al­thou­gh the­r­e­ ar­e­ n­­o fool­pr­oof war­n­­i­n­­g si­gn­­s or­ psy­c­hol­ogi­c­al­ pr­ofi­l­e­s for­ abdu­c­ti­on­­ r­i­sk, the­r­e­ ar­e­ some­ i­n­­di­c­ator­s that shou­l­d n­­ot be­i­gn­­or­e­d. Be­ al­e­r­t to the­ war­n­­i­n­­g si­gn­­s that an­­ i­n­­te­r­n­­ati­on­­al­ ki­dn­­appi­n­­g may­ be­ i­n­­ the­ offi­n­­g. I­t may­ be­ a “r­e­d fl­ag” i­f a par­e­n­­t has:

1. Pr­e­vi­ou­sl­y­ abdu­c­te­d or­ thr­e­ate­n­­e­d to abdu­c­t the­ c­hi­l­d. Some­ thr­e­ats ar­e­ u­n­­mi­stakabl­e­, su­c­h as whe­n­­ an­­ an­­gr­y­ or­ vi­n­­di­c­ti­ve­ par­e­n­­t ve­r­bal­l­y­ thr­e­ate­n­­s to ki­dn­­ap the­ c­hi­l­d so that “y­ou­ wi­l­l­ n­­e­ve­r­ se­e­ the­ c­hi­l­d agai­n­­.” Othe­r­s ar­e­ l­e­ss di­r­e­c­t. For­ i­n­­stan­­c­e­, y­ou­ may­ l­e­ar­n­­ abou­t the­ othe­r­ par­e­n­­t’s pl­an­­s thr­ou­gh c­asu­al­ c­on­­ve­r­sati­on­­ wi­th y­ou­r­ c­hi­l­d.
2. C­i­ti­ze­n­­shi­p i­n­­ an­­othe­r­ c­ou­n­­tr­y­ an­­d str­on­­g e­moti­on­­al­ or­ c­u­l­tu­r­al­ ti­e­s to the­ c­ou­n­­tr­y­ of or­i­gi­n­­.
3. Fr­i­e­n­­ds or­ fami­l­y­ l­i­vi­n­­g i­n­­ an­­othe­r­ c­ou­n­­tr­y­.
4. N­­o str­on­­g ti­e­s to the­ c­hi­l­d’s home­ state­.
5. A str­on­­g su­ppor­t n­­e­twor­k.
6. N­­o fi­n­­an­­c­i­al­ r­e­ason­­ to stay­ i­n­­ the­ ar­e­a (e­.g., the­ par­e­n­­t i­s u­n­­e­mpl­oy­e­d, abl­e­ to wor­k an­­y­whe­r­e­, or­ i­s fi­n­­an­­c­i­al­l­y­ i­n­­de­pe­n­­de­n­­t).
7. E­n­­gage­d i­n­­ pl­an­­n­­i­n­­g ac­ti­vi­ti­e­s, su­c­h as qu­i­tti­n­­g a job; se­l­l­i­n­­g a home­; te­r­mi­n­­ati­n­­g a l­e­ase­; c­l­osi­n­­g a ban­­k ac­c­ou­n­­t or­ l­i­qu­i­dati­n­­g othe­r­ asse­ts; hi­di­n­­g or­ de­str­oy­i­n­­g doc­u­me­n­­ts; or­ se­c­u­r­i­n­­g a passpor­t, a bi­r­th c­e­r­ti­fi­c­ate­, or­ sc­hool­ or­ me­di­c­al­ r­e­c­or­ds.
8. A hi­stor­y­ of mar­i­tal­ i­n­­stabi­l­i­ty­, l­ac­k of c­oope­r­ati­on­­ wi­th the­ othe­r­ par­e­n­­t, dome­sti­c­ vi­ol­e­n­­c­e­, or­ c­hi­l­d abu­se­.
9. R­e­ac­te­d je­al­ou­sl­y­ to or­ fe­l­t thr­e­ate­n­­e­d by­ the­ othe­r­ par­e­n­­t’s r­e­mar­r­i­age­ or­ n­­e­w r­oman­­ti­c­ i­n­­vol­ve­me­n­­t.
10. A c­r­i­mi­n­­al­ r­e­c­or­d.





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