Citation

de Jong J, Ambagtsheer F. Transplant. Direct 2016; 2(2): e56.

Affiliation

Erasmus MC University Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Wolters Kluwer)

DOI

10.1097/TXD.0000000000000568

PMID

27500249

Abstract

This article presents indicators to support transplant professionals, judicial and law enforcement authorities and victim support workers with the identification of trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal. It outlines the legal and illegal service providers that facilitate trafficking in human beings for the purpose of organ removal and guides the reader through the following criminal process: recruitment, transport, entrance, documents, housing, transplant, aftercare, and finance. Identification of illegal transplant activities by transplant professionals can support police and judiciary with the investigation, disruption, and prosecuting of trafficking networks.

Keywords: Human trafficking

Language: en