New York Times: Kosovo shaken by indictments for trafficking in organs
Kosovo has been shaken by indictments against seven persons who are charged with participating in an international organ-trafficking ring, headed by a prominent surgeon and professor of Pristina University, New York Times reports.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Wednesday, November 17, 2010
The paper writes that the case of organ-trafficking in Kosovo, of which a former high official of the Kosovo Ministry of Health is also charged, is a test for judiciary and the rule of law at the moment when Kosovo is trying to overcome lawlessness and corruption.
Nat least seven people have been charged for trafficking of organs from impoverished victims and sold for up to 200,000 USD to patients from countries as far away as Israel and Canada.
According to indictment, organ traffickers lured poor people from Istanbul, Moscow, Moldova and Kazakhstan with promises of up to 20,000 USD for their organs. Police believe that they might have never received a single cent and state that surgeries were performed at a private clinic on the outskirts of Pristina.
