Heartbreaking moment mum tries to sell her seven-year-old son for £4,000 in shopping centre food court to pay off debts

A MOTHER is under criminal investigation after footage emerged of her attempting to sell her seven-year-old son in a shopping centre for £4,000. The woman named Nargiza, 36, advertised the trade online, claiming she needed the money to pay off outstanding debts.   East2WestNargiza, 36, allegedly tried to sell her seven-year-old son in exchange for cash[/caption] East2WestThe mother claimed the boy ‘didn’t mind’ being traded to a new family[/caption] Officials from anti-slavery charity Alternativa arrested the mother after posing as purchasers in response to her ad. A video clip shows the moment she met the “buyers” in the food court of a shopping mall in Yekaterinburg, Russia. She brought the boy with her and said he “didn’t mind” being traded to a new family, it is claimed.  The sting operation to save the boy comes amid concern in Russia over children being traded into sexual slavery or for body parts with the involvement of organised criminal gangs.  Read more on Russia SCORCHED EARTH Pics show '20 jets wrecked and $1bn of damage' after Russian air base blasts BELLY FLOP Horror as woman falls from moving 4x4 after hanging out window doing belly dance “Until the end we hoped it was a made-up story, that this was someone’s stupid joke or a fraud for money,” said a spokesman. “However, when our group, together with the employees of the organised crime investigation group, left for the ‘deal’, we witnessed the boy being sold. “Nargiza received the money and gave the child to a person she did not know,” they added. Upon investigation, authorities allege that the woman attempted to sell her eldest son because her husband “did not like him.” Most read in News CRASH HORROR Two killed & kid seriously injured as car ploughs into family-of-5 on holiday PUTIN IT ON Putin's war leaves MILLIONS out of work as evil despot covers up chaos WINGING IT Moment plane almost brushes beach as it makes 'lowest landing' at island airport TRAGIC END Mum-of-8 dies after spending years inside hiding her face due to rare disease STRING OF ERRORS I was told my baby was dead then alive, then dead again in doctor blunder FIND GEORGE Urgent hunt for Brit boy, 4, missing after travelling to Turkey with his mum Sources suggest the woman lived with the man – whom she shares two kids with – in in a two-room apartment. The boy she allegedly attempted to sell was from a previous partner. The woman has now been detained under Russia’s child trafficking laws, and her son has been placed in medical care. It comes as Oleg Melnikov, of Alternativa, earlier warned of a rise in Russian women selling their children compared to previous years. He said the women often blamed financial difficulties but “low moral standards” also accounted for their actions.  “We know these kids have no chance to get legal documents,” he said.  Read More on The Sun feeling hot hot hot How hot does it have to be to legally leave work? DREAM FIND I’ve found the leggings I’ve been looking for my whole life - they're only £10 “They will end up in the hands of  beggars on the streets or paedophiles.”  Fears have been expressed that children can also be traded by sex criminals or for body parts amid several harrowing reports in recent years.