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Organ trafficking is the illegal trade of organs for transplantation. This can involve the sale or purchase of organs by individuals or organizations, often across international borders. Organ trafficking is a serious crime and a violation of human rights. It often involves the exploitation of vulnerable people, such as poor individuals who are offered money in exchange for their organs, or people who are forced to donate their organs against their will. Organ trafficking can also have negative health effects for the donors and recipients of the organs, as the organs may not be properly screened or matched, and the surgical procedures may be performed by unqualified individuals in unsafe conditions. Organ trafficking is a growing problem, and it is a major challenge for governments and international organizations to combat it.
The UAE has issued regulations to govern organ transplantation, ruling out the possibilities of organ trafficking in the country. The rules are applicable at all stages of organ donation including conservation, transportation and transplantation. The regulation also aims at protecting the rights of organ recipients and preventing the exploitation of both recipients and donors. The…
COMMERCE —Students at Texas A&M University-Commerce are gaining awareness of human trafficking thanks to the university’s newly developed undergraduate and graduate courses. The courses also provide volunteer opportunities for students to help trafficking victims. The U.S. Department of Justice defines human trafficking as “a crime that involves compelling or coercing a person to provide labor…
SOUTH FLORIDA – Human trafficking in Florida continues to be a problem. South Florida Caribbean News caught up with internationally renowned and respected Human Trafficking (HT) advocate Victor B. Williams. He is the Founder of Quest2freedom (Q2F™), an Anti-Human Trafficking organization dedicated to defeating the global issues surrounding human trafficking through a holistic approach to…
VNA/VNS Photo The number of human organ trafficking crimes has risen with increasingly sophisticated tricks and techniques, triggered by high demand and low rate of donation from dead brain donors, …
The ongoing investigations by Mohali police into the alleged newborn stealing racket saw more skeletons tumbling out of the closet, with investigators on Tuesday stating that they were now studying the possible involvement of a Non-Government Organisation. Investigators said that the role of some police officers posted at the Criminal Investigation Agency had also come…
Right from under the noses of the British Home Office, hundreds of child refugees, seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, are being abducted and trafficked for all sorts of reasons. The British Home Office has been repeatedly cautioned by a multitude of agencies, about the dangers such vulnerable children faced, arriving unaccompanied from their homelands….
Free the Slaves’ South Asia team, in collaboration with Read Nepal, organized an in-person Community Liberation Training for Civil Society Organizations and NGOs of Nepal. Fifteen organizations working on the issue of human trafficking and modern slavery participated in the training. The participants were from the following organizations: Swatantrata Abhiyan, Shanti Foundation, People Forum, Jahada…
Nearly six months after embarking on a preliminary review of Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s bid to overhaul the federal broadcasting regime to cover online and streaming platforms, the Senate TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS committee may be ready to send it back to the Senate for a final round of debate. According to the latest notice,…
Human Trafficking Awareness Month continues: Sex trafficking and labor trafficking are more widely researched and discussed; another area of trafficking is organ trafficking. I first heard about “organ harvesting” in the early 2000s, but that was long before I heard about human trafficking. Honestly, it is such a grotesque, inhuman, heinous crime I couldn’t wrap…
Human Trafficking Awareness Month continues: Sex trafficking and labor trafficking are more widely researched and discussed; another area of trafficking is organ trafficking. I first heard about “organ harvesting” in the early 2000s, but that was long before I heard about human trafficking. Honestly, it is such a grotesque, inhuman, heinous crime I couldn’t wrap…
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