Citation

Holmes P, Rijken C, D'Orsi S, Esser L, Hol F, Gallagher A, Greenberg G, Helberg L, Horvatits L, McCarthy S, Ratel J, Scheper-Hughes N, Forsythe J. Transplant. Direct 2016; 2(2): e58.

Affiliation

Transplant Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Wolters Kluwer)

DOI

10.1097/TXD.0000000000000571

PMID

27500251

Abstract

In this short summary report on the legal definition of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of organ removal and improving cross-border collaboration in criminal cases, challenges, and recommendations in the areas of defining the crime, criminal investigation and prosecution, and cross-border cooperation are made. These are the outcomes of a working group discussion during the writers' conference of the HOTT project, a European Union-funded project against trafficking in human beings for the purpose of organ removal.

Keywords: Human trafficking

Language: en