How to adopt a child legally Updated: Updated: May 12, 2021 01:34 IST During a crisis, an outreach programme must warn everyone not to entertain any illegal adoption offers Share Article AAA During a crisis, an outreach programme must warn everyone not to entertain any illegal adoption offers Profiteering from child trafficking rackets knows no bounds. Today, some people are offering infants for instant adoption by selling sob stories of how the children have lost their parents to the dreaded virus. These unscrupulous people target gullible persons who fall into the trap, little realising that such adoptions are illegal. The lack of inputs for proper procedures for legal adoption and hasty sentimental considerations are exploited for exorbitant sums of money. Tough times call for tough measures. This business of criminal trading of children must be checked with an iron hand.