In Tajikistan they buy and sell babies...

Fifty-year-old Mahbuba has four sons, but she always wanted to have a daughter. 

Faced with a complex adoption procedure, she decided to take the easier option - to buy a baby. 

"The moment I heard that a woman in a maternity hospital was selling her newborn daughter, I rushed there," Mahbuba said. More...

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