The World Health Organization experts have revealed that 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, the Guardian reported.

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

The vast sums to be made by both traffickers and surgeons have been underlined by the recent arrest by Israeli police of 10 people, 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 also been uncovered in India and Pakistan.

(China.org.cn May 31, 2012)

據(jù)英國(guó)《衛(wèi)報(bào)》報(bào)道，世界衛(wèi)生組織專(zhuān)家表示，非法腎臟交易急速增長(zhǎng)，據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì)，在黑市上每年約有一萬(wàn)次人體器官交易，或者說(shuō)一年中每個(gè)小時(shí)都有器官交易發(fā)生。

許多病人前往中國(guó)、印度、巴基斯坦等國(guó)接受手術(shù)，最多會(huì)付給黑幫20萬(wàn)美金以求一腎，而黑幫有時(shí)只給身體羸弱、走投無(wú)路的賣(mài)腎者5千美金作報(bào)酬。

以色列警方近日逮捕10名罪犯，他們涉嫌加入器官買(mǎi)賣(mài)跨國(guó)團(tuán)伙，并犯有敲詐、騙稅及造成嚴(yán)重人身傷害等罪名，其間組織交易者和醫(yī)生的巨大利潤(rùn)才得以揭曉。

在印度和巴基斯坦也相繼發(fā)現(xiàn)有非法器官買(mǎi)賣(mài)團(tuán)伙。