Graphs and Numbers from the UN

Taken from a UN document in 2009.

Time for reflection...

We don´t know when are we going to need an organ, regardless if it is for us or a close person like family or a friend. So giving thoughts to this situation can help us to overcome this situation without incurring into illegal practices. The real question is: How much is worth a life?

Someday we may need an organ, but are you willing to buy an illegal one? Think about the background of that organ. You can start thinking of the precedence of that organ. You can think of any African or South American country. Now think of the conditions in which that organ was taken. Maybe someone was killed to obtain that organ you desperately need. Maybe some father who supported his family now is not going to be able to provide for its family. Maybe a girl has disappeared leaving his parents in great worries. Maybe… a lot of things could happen to a lot of different people so you can have that illegal kidney. But, are you willing to have that dirty-blooded kidney inside you for the rest of your life?

The best option is to know how to react against this situations. It may be hard to think that we may be in this kind of position one day, but there is nothing bad on preventing these things. It can be helpful to know what your laws says about this practices. Also to verify the precedence of the organ we are acquiring. And finally to neglect any illegal organ we may be offered when in need.

A cruel market...

Shocking video made by students to represent how cruel is this business

UN's View Of The Topic

Trafficking For Organ Trade UN 
Excelent page regarding the UN´s view of the topic

Reasons of a Dark Market

Many people all around the world, especially if they are in circumstances of low resources, suffer of kidnapping and get murdered in the way that organs traffickers take as much organs they want and sell them to the person who pays them the most in the black market; however, in many cases people agree to sell their organs because of their lack of knowledge.

Since the point of view of trade, we can justify the existance of Organ Trafficking as the increasing demand of itself; let's remember that if we have a constant demandinf factor of any product there will always be suppliers competing for satisfying it.

Taking as a base the poin previously mentioned, it's important to know that the lack of Organ's Donations increases the possibility of having this illegal market alive for, probably, decades until technology and medical improvement allow us to developed different alternatives for the lack of a sick organ. Meanwhile, there's no other way to combat this and other kind of Human Trafficking but by ethic principles and veridic information,