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To: CottonBall
"That’s my question as well, who are the buyers? Both of children and organs."

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Here is part of an answer to your question, part of it is called tranplant tourism

This article is more than 11 years old Illegal kidney trade booms as new organ is 'sold every hour' This article is more than 11 years old World Health Organisation estimates 10,000 black market operations involving human organs take place each year

The illegal trade in kidneys has risen to such a level that an estimated 10,000 black market operations involving purchased human organs now take place annually, or more than one an hour, World Health Organisation experts have revealed.

Evidence collected by a worldwide network of doctors shows that traffickers are defying laws intended to curtail their activities and are cashing in on rising international demand for replacement kidneys driven by the increase in diabetes and other diseases.

Patients, many of whom will go to China, India or Pakistan for surgery, can pay up to $200,000 (nearly £128,000) for a kidney to gangs who harvest organs from vulnerable, desperate people, sometimes for as little as $5,000.

The vast sums to be made by both traffickers and surgeons have been underlined by the arrest by Israeli police last week of 10 people, including a doctor, suspected of belonging to an international organ trafficking ring and of committing extortion, tax fraud and grievous bodily harm. Other illicit organ trafficking rings have been uncovered in India and Pakistan.

The Guardian contacted an organ broker in China who advertised his services under the slogan, "Donate a kidney, buy the new iPad!" He offered £2,500 for a kidney and said the operation could be performed within 10 days.

4,118 posted on 07/17/2023 11:57:28 AM PDT by norsky ( <P> <a href= > </a> <P><img src=" "width=500"></img> <h3>)
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To: norsky

Yes, and if one is small in structure they can use a child's liver. My friend over 30 years ago had a child's liver transplanted in her. People go to other countries for medical reasons. Thanks for the post.


4,121 posted on 07/17/2023 12:17:06 PM PDT by STARLIT (two moments in life-those you miss-those you seize)
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To: norsky

Thanks for posting. My nephew waited for years for a kidney. Almost gave up hope, then one night a perfect match died after a car accident.


4,124 posted on 07/17/2023 12:21:06 PM PDT by Rusty0604 (Desperately looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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To: CottonBall
One example of who buys the kids.

Tim Head: Children being bought and sold for sex are the hidden victims of the border crisis

Who buys a trafficked child for sex? Otherwise ordinary men.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/nation-now/2018/01/30/sex-trafficking-column/1073459001/

More than 1 million children, according to the International Labour Organization, are exploited each year in the commercial sex trade. IndyStar columnist Tim Swarens, through the support of a Society of Professional Journalists fellowship, spent more than a year investigating a lucrative business where children are abused with low risk to buyers or traffickers, despite tougher laws and heightened international awareness of the scourge. Google, Eli Lilly and Co., and Indiana Wesleyan University provided additional support for this project.

4,125 posted on 07/17/2023 12:23:07 PM PDT by norsky ( <P> <a href= > </a> <P><img src=" "width=500"></img> <h3>)
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To: norsky

I guess people are desperate. I can’t imagine the medical care in those countries is great, people are lucky to come out without horrible infections etc.


4,257 posted on 07/17/2023 6:19:27 PM PDT by CottonBall (“Fascism should be called corporatism because it is a merger of state & corporate power" – Mussolini)
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