Transplantation

Transplantation is a medical procedure that involves the transfer of organs or tissues from one person to another. Transplantation can be a life-saving procedure for those with end-stage organ failure or other serious medical conditions. However, the demand for organs and tissues for transplantation often exceeds the available supply, leading to ethical and legal concerns regarding organ trafficking and the exploitation of vulnerable individuals.

Human trafficking can be linked to the illicit trade in organs and tissues for transplantation, with vulnerable individuals being coerced or deceived into donating their organs or tissues for financial gain. This practice is often carried out in illegal and unregulated settings, leading to serious health risks for both donors and recipients. Additionally, trafficking victims may be subjected to other forms of exploitation and abuse within the context of organ trafficking. Efforts to combat human trafficking must also address the issue of organ trafficking and work to ensure that transplantation is carried out in an ethical and regulated manner.

 

Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think – who’s behind it and how it could be controlled
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Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think – who’s behind it and how it could be controlled

Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news.  In March 2023, a Nigerian politician, his wife and a medical middleman were found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot after they brought a man to the UK from Lagos to sell his kidney. Several months later in Kenya, following the arrest…

Explained | What has India done to address child trafficking?
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Explained | What has India done to address child trafficking?

The story so far: “There are 160 million children waiting for your action. How long will they have to wait?” asked Kinsu Kumar, a survivor of child labour and rights advocate, while speaking at a panel organised on the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour. Mr. Kumar started working at the age of six,…

36 Days of Type: Indian Laws That Shaped Our Lives
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36 Days of Type: Indian Laws That Shaped Our Lives

For #36DaysOfType, The Swaddle’s Denise D’Souza illustrated the A-Z of Indian laws that have impacted Indians in unforeseen ways. ⁠ The Armed Forces Special Powers Act of 1958 (AFSPA) grants the military the ability to maintain public order in ‘disturbed areas,’ through wide powers of arrest, the right to shoot to kill, and to occupy or…

Let’s do away with organ trafficking
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Let’s do away with organ trafficking

THIS is with reference to the editorial ‘Organ racket’ (Feb 14) which dealt with the commercial removal of the kidney of a brick kiln worker in Rawalpindi and the need for a police probe to identify the gang and groups involved in this inhuman activity. Read the original article here. Punjab, no doubt, is considered…

Bill to sanction groups involved in China’s bloody human organ harvesting industry advances in the House
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Bill to sanction groups involved in China’s bloody human organ harvesting industry advances in the House

GOP lawmaker introduces bill to sanction those who promote organ harvesting. (Click here to watch video.) Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, introduced a bill to combat the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) organ-harvesting industry, which is used in a prolific and profitable transplant business. Experts say China uses incarcerated prisoners of conscience as an organ donor…

Rep. Chris Smith testimony on forced organ harvesting in China
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Rep. Chris Smith testimony on forced organ harvesting in China

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Manchester) delivered the following statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on his bill, the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023, which addresses the murder of between 60,000 and 100,000 people every year in China for the purpose of stealing their organs: “I would like to thank Chairman McCaul and Ranking…

The UAE is Attempting to Stop Organ Trafficking with a New Law
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The UAE is Attempting to Stop Organ Trafficking with a New Law

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…

Red Market and Black Gold Market are other names for organ trafficking – Sun Journal
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Red Market and Black Gold Market are other names for organ trafficking – Sun Journal

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…

Red Market and Black Gold Market are other names for organ trafficking
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Red Market and Black Gold Market are other names for organ trafficking

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…