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Buying A Child Slave Costs Less Than An iPod

Ugh. ABC News Correspondent Dan Harris went undercover to see how long it would take to "buy" a child from the moment he walked out his Manhattan office. Ten hours later he was in sitting by a hotel pool in Haiti, casually negotiating with human traffickers to buy an 11-year-old girl for $150. In this clip from Good Morning America earlier today, Harris explains why many parents in rural Haiti see selling their child into slavery as an act of love.

5:20 PM on Tue Jul 8 2008
By Intern Margaret
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