An Israeli man was arrested Friday for allegedly running an organ trafficking network in the Ukraine, Army Radio reported.
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The Israeli, whose name was not revealed, was arrested by Ukrainian police along with 12 other people.
According to the report, the network operated for over three years and recruited donors via the internet. Most of the donors were young women who agreed to sell a kidney for $10,000.
The organs were then allegedly transferred to Israelis in need of a kidney transplant, which cost over $200,000, said the head of the Ukrainian organization for combating human trafficking during a press conference following the arrests.
Ukrainian police estimated that the network made a gross sum of $40 million.
The facility in which the alleged operations for extracting the kidneys took place denied the allegations........
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Israeli organ-trafficking ring busted
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:57:44 GMT
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Ukrainian police have smashed an Israeli-run organ-trafficking network illegally recruiting organ donors to send their body parts to Israel.
Ukrainian authorities said on Friday that twelve people, most of them Israelis, were arrested for taking part in a scheme to recruit organ donors from Ukraine and other former Soviet countries via internet and transplant the organs into Israelis who had ordered them in advance.
The network, which sought mostly kidneys, offered as much as USD 10,000 per body part and according to Ukraine's interior ministry most of the organ donors were impoverished young women.
The head of the ministry's department on human trafficking, Yuriy Kucher, said the transplant surgeries, which cost up to USD 200,000 an operation, were performed in Kiev, Azerbaijan and Ecuador.
Four surgeons are among the arrested. The Israeli head of the ring was arrested last month.
Initial investigations revealed that the ring's profits totaled an estimated USD 18 million a year. The illegal network was operating for three years.
Those arrested could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of human trafficking.
The latest Israeli-involved organ scandal comes nearly four months after another organ trafficking ring was discovered in Israel, which offered USD 100,000 for kidneys in its advertisements in local newspapers.
While the organization sold the kidneys for USD 140,000, some of the organ donors received no money after their kidneys were removed in countries, including Azerbaijan and the Philippines.
A retired Israeli army brigadier general and two lawyers were arrested in connection with this trafficking.
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Ukrainian authorities said on Friday that twelve people, most of them Israelis, were arrested for taking part in a scheme to recruit organ donors from Ukraine and other former Soviet countries via internet and transplant the organs into Israelis who had ordered them in advance.
The network, which sought mostly kidneys, offered as much as USD 10,000 per body part and according to Ukraine's interior ministry most of the organ donors were impoverished young women.
The head of the ministry's department on human trafficking, Yuriy Kucher, said the transplant surgeries, which cost up to USD 200,000 an operation, were performed in Kiev, Azerbaijan and Ecuador.
Four surgeons are among the arrested. The Israeli head of the ring was arrested last month.
Initial investigations revealed that the ring's profits totaled an estimated USD 18 million a year. The illegal network was operating for three years.
Those arrested could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of human trafficking.
The latest Israeli-involved organ scandal comes nearly four months after another organ trafficking ring was discovered in Israel, which offered USD 100,000 for kidneys in its advertisements in local newspapers.
While the organization sold the kidneys for USD 140,000, some of the organ donors received no money after their kidneys were removed in countries, including Azerbaijan and the Philippines.
A retired Israeli army brigadier general and two lawyers were arrested in connection with this trafficking.
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david
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:58:10 GMT
these hisrelles want to live 100 years, no, they want to live 1000 years. they love this world and not its Creater. yet this people of the Anti-Christ make others call them the chosen people. the only they chose themselves to do is to currupt the rest of human kind, and try their best to send others to hell.
benny
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:14:36 GMT
isralis love to harm innocent people, its our code of honour.
IKE
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:59:29 GMT
They posed as relief and medical workers in Haiti; to abduct children and steal organs from the victims they were supposed to help. They cling to life like vultures cling to dead meat.They are afraid to return to their Lord for what their hands have sent forth. These sick people believe the rest of humanity are but animals meant to be sacrificed for their super race.
At Kafka!
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:48:26 GMT
LOOOOOOL! Nice one bro! hahaha!
Use Oil as a Weapon
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:44:12 GMT
The only way: Arabs must use "Oil" as a "Weapon", just like Russia has used it against Europeans. Without using the "OIL" as a "Weapon", Arabs will never get Jerusalem back. Unless and until they reduce "Oil Production" by 25% or so every six months, Zionist baby killers will continue home destruction and the genocide of Palestinian as they have for the last 60 years. Just search this video in YT: /watch?v=3ToZTtGOr0k and check this site: www.bigcampaign.org
kafka
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:43:39 GMT
Isrealis need hearts more than kidneys
Sam
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:13:57 GMT
Send this article to the British Government and the Deputy PM who sacked a colleague for speaking out about this. He needs to reconsider.
benny
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:58:38 GMT
@benny. my alter ego always fun to read! Keep it up!
Ashraf
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:13:12 GMT
It looks in order one to be a true Israeli they should: 1)accept blindly all the religious lies . 2) be ready to commit any criminal act including murdering( using their organ is ok),kicking people from their home,creating wars,spying on every nation including US,bullying other nations, etc...etc... And do not worry the media and their pro Zionist leaders will ported you!!!
I Dont Understand
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:22:48 GMT
If I choose to sell my kidney for $100K, how is that organ trafficking? Seems more like a legitimate sale if you ask me.
