A Kuwaiti recipient and a Pakistani donor; an Israeli recipient and a Ukrainian donor; an American recipient and an Indian donor. 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. Disturbing accounts emerged of organs being traded in every corner of the world, with medical professionals, police, middlemen ("agents"), immigration officials etc., all playing a role. Yet all these countries have laws against organ trafficking. The problem in all these countries, where the state does not expend itself in protecting the poor, is lack of implementation.

Source: The China Post May 27, 2017 00:00 UTC