Bangladesh’s Illegal Kidney Trade Booms as Donors Turn Brokers

October 15, 2015

(Yahoo! News) – After years of crippling debt, Bangladeshi villager Rawshan Ara decided to follow in her family’s footsteps — and sell a kidney on the black market to raise cash. Like many of her neighbours in this poor farming area, the 28-year-old easily found a local broker and quickly became a victim of Bangladesh’s thriving but illegal organ trade.