The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 29
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- In April 2013, five Kosovars, including three medical practitioners, were convicted of involvement in an organ trafficking syndicate that lured poor people from the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation and Turkey to Kosovo to sell their kidneys and other organs to wealthy transplant recipients from Canada, Germany, Israel and the United States of America. Recipients were charged up to $130,000. Victims, including five children, were promised payments of up to $26,000 and signed false documents in which they indicated that they were engaging in an altruistic donation to a relative. Many received no compensation or inadequate medical care. The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo has since announced further investigations that will target government officials allegedly involved in the syndicate.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 29
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