Horrifying evidence about the use of the popular social media platform by buyers and sellers of organs for illegal transplants is coming to light..
The numbers speak for themselves: $50,000 for a kidney. This is the amount requested by a would-be seller of his kidney, responding to a similar ad from a buyer from Great Britain. A country that, like most, prohibits commercial advertising of organ trade.
The Sunday Post reporter created a fake Facebook ad asking for a kidney donor for his sister. Within a week, he had received 11 responses from around the world, from the UK to India and Mexico. One of the interested parties asked for $50,000 to donate his kidney. Another 22-year-old from Northampton offered $33,000 so he and his pregnant fiancée could find the money to return to their native Hungary.
The reporter's investigation revealed that there are many "willing" donors who have created their own ads on Facebook selling their organs, describing their blood type and the price they are asking. According to a study by the World Health Organization in 2012, about one organ is sold and bought illegally every hour in the world. Donors are usually financially impoverished people. Even worse, in many cases their organs are removed without their consent, by unscrupulous criminal organizations from victims of kidnapping or forced prostitution and children.
In a huge and profitable market, if we consider that in the US alone, approximately 100,000 patients are on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Of which 4,500 die each year while waiting.
Source: planet-greece.blogspot.com
