Organ Trafficking Trade Plays on the Poor and Desperate in Indonesian Village

February 18, 2016

(Australian Broadcasting Co) – In one local village, 70 per cent of people have no employment and spend their days scavenging through rubbish. It is here, about 200 kilometres south-east of Jakarta, the ABC found evidence of an organ trafficking trade where residents have sold their kidneys. The lure of 75 million Rupiah, or around $7,500, was too much for eight residents of the local village.