Organ trafficking

Organ Trafficking infographic based on information found in South Africa. The infographic visually makes processing this issue easier.

In China, many children are kidnapped every day for the purpose of organ trafficking.Their corpse is found with all organs removed. Their parents hug the light body and weep. We have to face the facts.

In 2013 a report by the United Kingdom identified a girl from Somalia who had been brought into the country the year before to have her organs harvested and sold illegally. She isn’t alone in this…

Acrylic red and blue black and white painting, heart being snatched painting, fire and smoke painting.

My project looks into the near future, where human organs are grown from plants and can be easily bought through online shops. The cozy, trusting, and familiar atmosphere, given from the website advertising, creates a contrast with the bizarre and often creepy appearance of the plants themselves, leaving the viewer with both a feeling of uncertainty and reassurance. The project is full of satire, and through humor aims to deal with current issues such as organ trafficking etc.

This month we are tackling the subject of child trafficking trough the lovely book, Anybody’s Daughter by Pamela Samuels Young. Did you know, according to a UN report from 2012, there are 2.4 million people throughout the world who are victims of human trafficking at any given moment? In this annual US$32 billion industry, 80 percent […]

The clock is ticking on Canada’s chance to enact important measures against organ trafficking.For the past two decades, the Chinese regime has been killing prisoners of conscience for their organs. The...

Organ trafficking or harvesting involves the illegal removal of organs from individuals, often by force, coercion or deception. Kidneys are the most commonly harvested organsVital organs that are most commonly targeted by illegal organ traffickers are kidneys, liver, heart and lungs.Kidneys are the most commonly trafficked organs, as they can be transplanted into patients suffering from renal failure. The demand for kidneys far exceeds the available supply of legally donated organs, which m

A memo written in 1999 by journalist Michael Montgomery, who investigated alleged organ-trafficking by Kosovo guerrillas after the war, ultimately led to the establishment of a new war crimes court.

Tales From the Organ Trade is a 2013 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ric Esther Bienstock. The film examines the shadowy world of black market organ trafficking.