Illegal+Organ+Trafficking

Illegal Organ Trafficking By Alicia Stock -

The definition of Trafficking is a deal or a trade in something illegal, which is being done every where in the world, including our own country with individuals' organs. People who are involved in this illegal trade almost always do it for the money that is gain due to how expensive organs can be since they are in such dyer need.

"Organ Trafficking: A Fast-Expanding Black Market"
 * Organ trafficking accounts for around 10 per cent of the nearly 70,000 kidney transplants performed worldwide annually, although as many as 15,000 kidneys could be trafficked each year.
 * Trafficked organs are either sold domestically, or exported to be transplanted into patients from the US, Europe, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and especially Israel.
 * Arguing that laws and policies are insufficient to effectively curb organ trafficking, Organs Watch, COFS and other non-governmental organisations say it is essential for civil society to be actively engaged in this combat so organ trafficking is universally recognised as a medical human rights abuse and a "body tax on the poor".

"Illegal Organ Trafficking Poses A Global Problem"
 * The recent New Jersey corruption probe, which resulted in the arrest of 44 people including state legislators, government officials and several rabbis for running an international money laundering racket that trafficked human organs, has brought Israel into the spotlight for organ transplants.
 * The seller generally earns between $2,000 to $6,000 for a kidney, though post operation care is almost never taken into account.
 * Poverty and corruption are underlying themes behind sellers giving up their organs as most donors see it as the only option to make money. For most buyers, who have been waiting on transplant lists for months, desperate need and frustration push them to commit the illegal act.

"NY man pleads guilty to first proven case of black-market organ trafficking in the US"
 * Levy Izhak Rosenbaum admitted in federal court in Trenton that he had brokered three illegal kidney transplants for New Jersey-based customers in exchange for payments of $120,000 or more.
 * Prosecutors argued that Rosenbaum was fully aware he was running an illicit and profitable operation — buying organs from vulnerable people in Israel for $10,000, and selling them to desperate, wealthy American patients.
 * For someone who was not a surgeon, Rosenbaum seemed in his recorded conversations to have a thorough knowledge of the ins and outs of kidney donations, including how to fool hospitals into believing the donor was acting solely out of compassion for a friend or loved one.

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