South Africa and Brazil Act Against Trafficking in Human Organ Ring

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Sunday, February 1, 2004
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
20
Issue: 
2
62
Abstract: 
On December 7, 2003, prosecutors announced the arrests of 14 persons in South Africa and Brazil for an international scheme to illegally sell human body parts. On December 10, 2003, South African authorities arrested a 42-year-old Israeli man five days after he received a newly transplanted kidney.