Organ trafficking ring unveiled in Israel
Ten people were detained for allegedly being involved in a human organ trafficking ring, Times of Israel report said.
The 10 are suspected of human trafficking, extortion and tax offenses. The trafficking ring was discovered after representatives of several foreign countries contacted Israeli authorities, requesting legal assistance due to suspicions that Israeli citizens were trading in kidneys in their countries.
The complaints exposed an illegal network of brokers and dealers in transplant organs, in which Israeli citizens recruited organ donors and recipients and also carried out transplant surgeries illegally. The accused allegedly illegally harvested organs from very poor residents of Kosovo and Azerbaijan.