The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 26
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While persons travelling abroad to receive purchased organs come from many countries and from all regions of the world, "a heavier reliance on overseas transplantation and transplant tourism is believed to exist in Asia and the Middle East than in other regions". Recently, some countries have been identified as organ-importing, or "demand", countries in which criminal prosecutions for trafficking in persons for the removal of organs have been initiated.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children