I thought he is a good guy?
didn’t follow him much, but WTH?
I was digging and found this. Never heard of Marshall Islands until yesterday.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/paul-petersen-charged-arizona-utah-arkansas-marshall-islands-adoption
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An Arizona elected official is facing dozens of charges in three states in connection with a multimillion-dollar adoption scheme in which he allegedly smuggled more than 40 women into the U.S. from the Marshall Islands, promising them money in exchange for their babies.
Authorities believe Paul Peterson, an adoption lawyer and Maricopa County Assessor was the head of a smuggling ring that allegedly recruited Marshallese women “and offered a significant amount of money to place their babies for adoption in Utah,” state Attorney General Sean Reyes told reporters Wednesday.
Peterson is charged with 11 second and third-degree felonies in Utah, including human smuggling, sale of a child, communications fraud and pattern of unlawful activity, Reyes said.
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Then I was digging some more and found this.
Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA met with Ambassador of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the United States
Excerpt
04 November 2016, 20:39
Ambassadors discussed the collaboration within the framework of the UN, other international organizations and the possibilities of visa liberalization between Ukraine and the Marshall Islands.
During the meeting, both sides presented their vision of the possible spheres of bilateral cooperation as well as discussed the ways in which trade and investment cooperation between the two countries could be