‘Market for juvenile organs’: Migrants on way to U.S. face danger of organ trafficking
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Sunday, December 3, 2023
The market for illegally trafficked human organs such as kidneys, livers and lungs is small but growing — and at least some of the supply appears to be provided by traffickers who target migrants trying to reach the U.S.
Jarrod Sadulski, a criminology expert and associate professor at the American Military University, brought the issue to Congress last month with searing testimony about organ trafficking — juvenile organs in particular — along major migrant smuggling corridors.
He described one case, told to him by a rehabilitated gang member in Central America, of a 12-year-old boy who was kidnapped in Mexico to harvest his eye. Someone paid $15,000 for it.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/3/migrants-may-risk-organ-trafficking-on-way-to-us/
