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Ascertain precise picture of suspected organ trafficking: Yomiuri Shimbun
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Ascertain precise picture of suspected organ trafficking: Yomiuri Shimbun

TOKYO (THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Cases of suspected organ trafficking have recently emerged with regard to overseas organ transplants mediated by a private organisation. The government must ascertain the precise picture and background of the mediation scheme to clarify the problem. A Tokyo-based nonprofit organisation (NPO) received nearly ¥20 million (S$201,920) for arranging…

Feature: Organ Trafficking Gangs are Cashing in on Egypt’s Economic Woes
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Feature: Organ Trafficking Gangs are Cashing in on Egypt’s Economic Woes

Desperate Egyptians are being forced to sell their organs after a series of government measures left many of the country’s poorest struggling to make ends meet. Police in the city of Giza claim to have smashed a major organ trafficking ring and arrested 12 people including doctors and nurses from hospitals across the country. A…

Is British science aiding and abetting the Chinese human organ trade? From the Telegraph
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Is British science aiding and abetting the Chinese human organ trade? From the Telegraph

Between March 2005 and September 2006 Annie Yang was tortured for up to 20 hours a day in a labour camp outside Beijing for her devotion to Falun Gong spiritualism. The abuse was relentless. But every few weeks something strange would happen. She and her fellow captives would be herded onto a prison bus with…

New law to stop unwanted human organ harvesting
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New law to stop unwanted human organ harvesting

By Nicholas Wassajja In 2016 when New Vision reported that deceitful officials were targeting unsuspecting refugees for unsolicited human organ extraction, the story seemed too horrible to be true. However, it has since emerged that illicit clinics, corrupt doctors, including those at the Mulago National Referral Hospital and global networks, are dealing in the illegal…