Are we talking about the slave traders? The press? Or both?
Well, in this case, the slave traders, but the press has been liable in the past for doing something similar.
I probably can't link to the online archives of the New York Times, but I'd refer you to some stories Nicholas Kristof did a while back.
Kristof paid for the freedom of two teenage prostitutes in Asia (I can't remember what country it was, maybe Thailand or Cambodia), and then documented what happened afterward. One girl made a valiant effort to start a new life. The other girl found herself shunned by her own family when she came home and eventually returned to her madam.
I can understand why it would be harder for a teenager to abandon the only life she has ever known, abusive as it is. By the time Kristof found them, they weren't virgins any more and considered "damaged goods" by their own families. Yet there's no reason why a six-year-old child can't still be saved before her virginity goes on the (it makes me nauseous to even type the words) auction block.
I wish somebody had a couple of those FEMA debit cards to trade for Aisha's freedom.