Thousands of social media users are questioning whether Vinted, one of Europe's largest resale marketplaces, could have been exploited by child traffickers after a viral video claimed a user found what appeared to be a '2-year-old for sale' on the platform in just 30 seconds.
The claim spread rapidly across TikTok, Instagram and X, fuelling fears that traffickers were using coded listings to advertise children. French authorities have since opened a preliminary investigation, although police and Vinted stress there is currently no evidence proving children were being sold through the platform.
