RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – A couple who tried to sell their two-year-old daughter via Facebook has been arrested in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife, police said Wednesday.A police spokesman in Recife told AFP that the toddler’s biological parents were arrested and jailed late Tuesday after failing to post bail set at $6,666 each.
The girl was turned over to the city’s child protective services.
“The 23-year-old mother said she needed money to travel to Europe for prostitution. The 40-year-old father did not say anything,” the spokesman added.
A social worker from Campina Grande in Paraiba state reported the couple to authorities after reaching a monetary agreement for the transaction on Facebook.
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