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Thursday, January 31, 2008

'Kidney racket' exposed in India

Police in India have issued an alert for a doctor alleged to be involved in an organ trading racket.

Last week, police in Gurgaon, a suburb of the capital Delhi, raided a house which was used to carry out illegal kidney transplants.

Hundreds of poor labourers were tricked into selling kidneys, officials says.

Trade in human organs is banned in India but many continue to sell their kidneys to clients, including Westerners, waiting for transplants.

Gurgaon is an affluent suburb of Delhi, home to high-rise apartment blocks and call centres.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7212596.stm

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