Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Organ Trafficking

Criminal activity that occurs in three broad categories. Firstly, 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.

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Criminal activity that occurs in three broad categories. Firstly, 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.

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3 entry terms
  • Organ Traffickings
  • Trafficking, Organ
  • Traffickings, Organ

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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2014

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  1. I01w.880w.735w.191w.152w
  2. I01w.880w.735w.384.599w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Organ Trafficking. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D064877. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D064877
  2. Organ Trafficking. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_theft
  3. Organ Trafficking. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7101783