![]() ![]() This is the question I get asked the most. Some victims develop infections and never recover. They’re embarrassed to face their families, and worst of all they can’t work because they’re sent home with back-alley botched surgeries. Rarely do victims, some of the world’s poorest people, ever get the money they are promised. The profits go to the middle-men - recruiters, transporters, delivery men doctors and hospital personnel who turn a blind eye. Americans, Europeans, Israelis, and Middle-Easterners buy those same kidneys for up to $200,000. Victims are promised up to $5000 to sell one of their kidneys. ![]() Unfortunately, it’s not.Īccording to the World Health Organization, 11000 trafficked kidneys were transplanted in 2010, and the problem grows annually. But organ trafficking is a multi-billion-dollar global human rights problem year over year. Organ trafficking gets a teensy weensy bit of airtime compared to sex trafficking, because well…the number of sex trafficking victims is far greater. By fighting against one issue, we feed two birds with one seed. Many of the criminals involved in sex trafficking are selling illicit organs, too. ![]()
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