Tag: Organ trafficking

Uttarakhand govt orders probe into kidney racket

The Uttarakhand government has ordered a probe into a massive kidney racket being run by a charitable hospital here, an official said on Tuesday. Two people were arrested after the racket was busted on Monday. A case has been registered against 15 others, including staff from the Gangotri Charitable Hospital. Senior Superintendent of Police Nivedita...

September 12, 2017

Organ trafficking: business as usual

A Kuwaiti recipient, a Pakistani donor; an Israeli recipient, a Ukrainian donor; an American recipient, an Indian donor, an so on — the global dimensions of organ trafficking were exposed in shocking detail at an international summit on the subject at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican in February. Every region, encompassing more...

May 28, 2017