Human traffic: exposing the brutal organ trade -- New Internationalist

Human traffic: exposing the brutal organ trade -- New Internationalist

"Are you the Organs Lady? I just found out that my kidneys are failing and my doctor wants me to start dialysis immediately.’

‘Yes?’

‘Well, I can’t attach myself to a machine three days a week. I’ve just
started a new company and I can’t lose a minute. I need a kidney now.
Where can I go to get one? I have the resources. Money is not an
object.’ "

Men from Baseco, a slum in the port
area of Manila, the Philippines, show their scars from kidney sales in a
photograph from 1999.
© Pat Roque/AP/Press Association Images