OREANDA-NEWS. The Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation reported that a man suspected of selling a minor was detained.

 According to the investigation, the suspect on July 9 in the east of Moscow sold the minor, born in 2003, for 500 thousand rubles.

 The investigating authorities have opened a criminal case against a man on the grounds of a crime under Article 127.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (trafficking in persons).

 "According to the investigation, in the evening of July 9, 2019, the suspect, being in a cafe located in the east of Moscow, for mercenary reasons, sold the minor born in 2003 for 500 thousand rubles," the agency’s source said.

 A man met a girl in a social network.  He brought her to Moscow from another region.

 The investigation will insist on the detention of the suspect.