Sunday, November 14, 2010

Organ trafficking: the South Africa / Israeli connection...

Netcare, the biggest health care provider in South Africa, has pleaded guilty to charges of performing illegal kidney transplant operations using Israeli-linked organ trafficking syndicate.

In return for charges being dropped against Netcare's Chief Executive Richard Friedland, the firm acknowledged in a plea bargain that, "payments must have been made to the donors for their kidneys, and that certain of the kidney donors were minors at the time that their kidneys were removed."

The suit follows a seven-year investigation into the illegal operations at St. Augustine's Hospital in Durban in association with an Israeli-linked organ trafficking syndicate. More...

Don't miss:
  1. Africa's biggest hospital sold children's kidneys...
  2. Israel harvested organs in '90s without permission...
  3. Palestinian minister accuses Israel of organ theft...
  4. The missing link in Palestinian organ theft? 

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