Organ Transplants, Criminal Business

[From article]
"Such is the state of worldwide organ transplantation in the modern age. Its commerce is controlled through sophisticated networks composed of kidnappers, smugglers, morticians and brokers, all aided by the porous borders of international law and advances in medicine, which have made transplantation exponentially less of a risk. The poorest countries supply; the richest countries buy.
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the largest and most profitable rings operating in and among the US, Israel, Japan, Egypt, South Africa and Brazil — the latter three primarily suppliers, with the highest concentration of consumers in the others."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/invasion_of_the_body_snatchers_BnERlEkmSgkAsc9ZRV0mhP

Invasion of the body snatchers!
Inside the massive, global business of selling organs
New York Post
Last Updated: 4:55 AM, June 12, 2011
Posted: 10:52 PM, June 11, 2011