It’s a trick that is played upon the most desperate in some of the poorest regions of the world. Families struggling to make ends meet are approached by an intermediary to give up a child. There is a vague promise of a better life for the child than the parents could themselves provide, and some cash is offered. In West Africa the sums can be as little $35.
The child is then relocated far away from their home region and enters a life of slavery, forced into long days of exploitative unpaid work and abuse.
