Developed Countries: developed trafficking system

The costs of an organ in the black market varies from country to country, so as it particular operating system, but at least in developed countries such as USA, traffickers frequently negotiate first with the demmand part, and, only after this step, they look for the forced donators. Victims are promised to receive a certain monetary reward that, in several cases, never show up.

Black market operations involving purchased human organs now take place annually and, allegedly, more than one per hour.

The World Health Organization (WHO) got data of some of the recent transplanted and sold organs all over the world, showing that:

• Talking about legal donations, about 60% are kidneys, satisfying just the 10% of the global need.
• Criminal groups trick migrants into various revenue generating black market activities.
• From all the organs in the market, kidneys make the 75%, of all global illicit trade in organs.
• Tourists are the principle victims. Migrants first pay human smugglers become victims of kidnapping as they are told to pay thousands of dollars to be released. If the migrants are unable to pay for the rescue, they become victims of organ trafficking as their kidneys are taken and sold on the black market.

“The demand for donated human organs in wealthy nations is rising much faster than the supply of organs donated through traditional means can meet, leading to a small but growing number of people living in poverty who sell their vital organs to the highest bidder”, Andrew O’Reilly (Fox News journalist).

For further information we recommend to visit: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/08/16/organ-trafficking-on-rise-in-united-states/