'Babies sold'

Monday 15 March 1993 00:02 GMT
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BUDAPEST (AFP) - Hundreds of Hungarian babies have been sold illegally to the United States, often with support from ministries here, the head of the Napsugar child welfare fund said. 'The price of an infant is about dollars 20,000 ( pounds 14,000) and while vast amounts go to mediators and touts, mothers see very little of it,' said Mihaly Almasi, a Baptist pastor.

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