jueves, 21 de abril de 2016

Traffic of human organs

According Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking the definition of trafficking of organ human is a crime that occurs in three broad categories. Firstly, there are cases where traffickers force or deceive the victims into giving up an organ. Secondly, there are cases where victims formally or informally agree to sell an organ and are cheated because they are not paid for the organ or are paid less than the promised price. Thirdly, vulnerable persons are treated for an ailment, which may or may not exist and thereupon organs are removed without the victim's knowledge.   Trafficking in organ trade is an organized crime, involving a host of offenders. The recruiter who identifies the vulnerable person, the transporter, the staff of the hospital/ clinic and other medical centres, the medical professionals, the middlemen and contractors, the buyers, the banks where organs are stored are all involved in the racket.
Thanks to scientific advances and breakthroughs that have been achieved, today we can see how the organ transplant can save the lives of many people. However, due to the high demand for organs worldwide, this advance q achieved science has been overshadowed, as criminal networks have extended their activities to obtain human organs illegally, through coercion or payment of money. Often criminals who practice this trade do not mind living donor. This criminal business is called the "Black Market".
The human body has become a commodity, a mere object under the unscrupulous manipulation of people just looking to make money. Generally, they choose poor people, defenseless children, looking for cash, selling some of their organs.  We often hear about the case of someone who was deceived or abducted and then appeared in a tub of ice, with a note suggesting to go to a medical center that had been removed some organ.  We can also see cases where children disappear and never again know his whereabouts.  Remarkably, this organ trafficking is the product of an illicit trade, well organized through global criminal networks engaged in poor countries find poor people who consider as an option selling an organ to survive during a time.  The report in which the ONU says the organ most sought is the kidney, but also offers the "Black Market": corneas, heart, pancreas, lungs and livers, and other bodily substances such as blood, plasma or spinal cords.

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