French police probe sickening reports of child trafficking on second-hand clothes site Vinted

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French police probe sickening reports of child trafficking on second-hand clothes site Vinted.

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French police are investigating reports of child trafficking on second-hand clothes website Vinted.Videos on social media stitching together listings of extremely highly-priced items and odd language has gone viral, prompting an intervention by French authorities.Many of the adverts are for toys and seem to describe them with human traits.One advert lists a "bunny stuffed animal" for €1,000 (£865) and is described as a three-year-old female weighing two stone, measuring 91 centimetres, and is described as small, blue-eyed and obedient.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Another describes an Etch-A-Sketch toy €6,000 (£5,180) and is described as being shy, anxious and noisy.Now Sarah El Hairy, France's high commissioner for children, has brought the issue to the authorities.She said on social media: "You can never be too careful."I would rather see a strict precautionary principle applied than a single child left at the mercy of their abusers."The truth must be established without any...

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