People live in desperate times in the former Soviet Union. Getting by everyday is hard. Material things become more important than human beings. Sergei Pivovarov and Olga Kemerova were arrested for trying to sell their 18-month old daughter for $1000. They wanted the money to buy a new house. Each year in the former Soviet Union, an estimated 1.2 million children are given up or sold to traffickers. These children end up working as professional beggars, prostitutes, or labourers. Read more.
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