Business as usual for organ traffickers

A KUWAITI recipient, a Pakistani donor; an Israeli recipient, a Ukrainian donor; an American recipient, an Indian donor; and so on. The global dimensions of organ traffic­king were exposed in shocking detail at an international summit on the subject at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican.

Every region, encompassing more than 50 countries, was represented. Disturbing accounts emerged of organs being traded in every corner of the world, with medical professionals, police, middlemen (or agents), immigration officials, etc, all playing a role.