Exhibit A — Proof of Coercive Pattern

Mapping CPS-Style Family Separation & Adoption Incentives to International Trafficking Elements
Prepared by: Dean Allen Snow • Date: November 3, 2025

Preamble & Scope

This exhibit sets out, in analytic form, how common U.S. child-welfare practices (rapid removals, coercive case plans, sealed proceedings, and adoption incentives) align with the international definition of trafficking in persons (including elements of threat, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or vulnerability, and payments/benefits to the persons controlling victims).

Purpose

Provide a clear, step-by-step pattern that a tribunal or human-rights body can evaluate against treaty standards. Each step links concrete processes to specific trafficking indicators.

Legal Element Mapping (At a Glance)

Process Phase Typical Conduct Corresponding Elements
Identification / Targeting Profiling of poor/disabled/addicted/young parents via “risk” referrals. Abuse of power; exploitation of vulnerability.
Inducement / False Promise “Sign this plan & you’ll reunify.” Plans engineered for failure. Fraud, deception.
Emergency Removal Seizure without warrant or adversarial review, based on hearsay. Threat, use of force, abduction.
Conditioning Compliance Compelled services/tests under threat of loss or jail. Coercion, abuse of power.
Isolation & Gagging Supervised visits, gag orders, sealed records. Coercion; abuse of power.
Financial Incentive Title IV-E adoption subsidies; quota culture. Payments/benefits to controllers.
Paper Trail Laundering Sealed files, altered notes, hearsay accepted as fact. Fraud, deception.
Transfer / Adoption Permanent transfer to unaffiliated parties; erasure of parentage. Trafficking outcome with financial benefit.
Retaliation for Dissent Contempt findings, new allegations, speech suppression. Coercion; chilling petitions.
Systemic Reinforcement No juries, low evidentiary bar, sealed appellate record. State complicity sustaining the pattern.

Step-by-Step Pattern (With Proof Elements)

1) Identification / Targeting

Agencies profile parents (poverty, disability, addiction, youth) via hospital/school/police referrals dressed as “risk assessments.”

Proof element Abuse of power; exploitation of vulnerability.

2) Inducement / False Promise

Parents are told to “sign the plan and comply” to reunify; the plan’s design (cost, scheduling, gatekeeping) makes failure likely.

Proof element Fraud; deception regarding legal consequences and realistic outcomes.

3) Removal by Threat or Force

Children are seized under “imminent danger” without warrants or adversarial hearings, often on hearsay rather than verified harm.

Proof element Threat; use of force; abduction.

4) Conditioning Compliance

Parents compelled into evaluations, drug tests, and programs under constant threat of permanent loss or incarceration.

Proof element Coercion; abuse of power; fear leveraged to compel obedience.

5) Isolation & Deprivation

Only supervised visits; hostile scheduling; gag orders chill speech; sealed records prevent external review.

Proof element Coercion; abuse of power through isolation and silencing.

6) Financial Incentive

Funding prioritizes finalized adoptions; workers/agencies rewarded for permanence metrics, not reunification stability.

Proof element Payments/benefits to persons in control of the victims.

7) Paper-Trail Laundering

Sealed proceedings; permissive evidentiary standards; selective or altered documentation to justify removals and TPR.

Proof element Fraud; deception; concealment.

8) Transfer / Adoption

Child permanently transferred to unrelated parties; original family bonds legally extinguished; subsidies continue post-transfer.

Proof element Trafficking outcome with sustained financial benefit.

9) Retaliation for Dissent

Parents who petition or speak publicly face new allegations, contempt findings, or escalated requirements.

Proof element Coercion; intimidation to suppress rights.

10) Systemic Reinforcement

Absence of jury trials; limited discovery; sealed appeals; internal audits opaque—pattern persists by design, not accident.

Proof element State complicity sustaining a pattern meeting trafficking criteria.

Evidentiary Notes (How to Document)

  • Compare plans vs. capacity: calendars, costs, travel distance, gatekeeping emails.
  • Removal basis: warrants, affidavits, recorded calls; track hearsay vs. verified harm.
  • Isolation proof: visit logs, cancelled sessions, gag orders, denied media requests.
  • Financial trail: state IV-E reports, adoption subsidies, incentive memos, quota emails.
  • Record integrity: metadata, version histories, conflicting notes; motions to unseal.

Requested Remedies (Summary)

  1. Recognition that the documented pattern satisfies international trafficking elements.
  2. Immediate moratorium on incentive structures tied to adoption throughput.
  3. Jury trials and strict evidentiary standards for all permanent removals/TPR.
  4. Independent truth-finding review; restoration of rights where feasible.
  5. Trauma-informed reparations to wrongfully separated families.
  6. External monitoring with public reporting until pattern abates.

Disclaimer: Advocacy exhibit for international review. Not legal advice.