When a community is dirt poor everyone finds child trafficking acceptable / Reuters AlertNet - BENIN: 28 Feb 2005

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"But in the country's poorest regions, the tradition has become pure business, and a socially-acceptable business at that.
'It's not a criminal network like you'll find in Eastern Europe,' said Olivier Feneyrol. 'It's a social phenomenon. The children are considered to be a form of currency. They are at the service of adults.'
The children themselves have become prisoners of this logic, said Feneyrol. 'They believe that it is a good solution, too.' "