A WhatsApp exchange sees two people discuss using an orphaned boy for a child pornography shoot. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV - Kyiv’s human rights commissioner on Thursday accused Russians of kidnapping his country’s children and selling them for sex.
“For example, they are offering 250,000 rubles for a boy who should start school soon,” he said, describing the boy as a Ukrainian orphan.Mr Lubinets posted an excerpt from an exchange on WhatsApp between two people allegedly discussing using a young boy for a child pornography shoot. “We are bringing in little ones for this type of work, that’s not the first we’ve brought in,” the person added.
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