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In Israel, an organ trafficking ring has been uncovered and "smashed." The ring told people they would recieve up to $100,000 for a kidney and then flew these people out to countries such as the Phillipines for the operation. When the people arrived back home, they never recieved the money. This caused complaints which were later investigated and led to the discovery of the organ ring. It has been discovered that a well thought of general was involved in the ring along with two lawyers who forged documents to assist in hiding the organ ring. They advertised online to people who needed a kidney and said they would sell such an organ for up to $140,000. The details and members of the ring are still being uncovered but this could be a big step in destroying the black market for organs in the middle east.

BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8608053.stm JTA: http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/04/08/1011493/israeli-organ-trafficking-ring-arrested

These articles had a lot of the same information however the BBC article had a lot more of it. The JTA article seemed to just get the bare minimum but the BBC article had more details. Neither article had pictures. The JTA article also talked about how a few donors were paid but most were not whereas the BBC article seems to say that no one was paid besides members of the organ ring.