An European Union prosecutor in Kosovo has indicted a Turkish and an Israeli citizen for involvement in illegal trafficking of human organs at a clinic in Pristina. European Union justice mission in Kosovo announced on Monday that Yusuf Sonmez of Turkey and Israel's Moshe Harel were charged last week with trafficking in persons, unlawful medical activity and organized crime. The two are considered fugitives and Interpol has issued warrants for their arrests.The indictments are part of a larger investigation into allegations that an organized criminal group conducted operations in a clinic outside the capital Pristina, transplanting illegally harvested organs. EU prosecutors say that victims from poor countries were lured to the private Medicus Clinic by promises of about 20,000 dollars for their kidneys but some were never paid. They say recipients were required to pay more than one lakh dollars for a transplanted organ.Since 2008, seven Kosovo citizens, including the Director of the Medicus Clinic have been charged and will stand trial in connection with the organ transplantations.
News On AIR | June 14, 2011 9:37 AM
Illegal trafficking of human organs