JAKARTA: Three Bali immigration officers have been arrested for their alleged role in an illegal organ trafficking syndicate that ferried dozens of victims to Cambodia to sell their kidneys, Indonesian police said on Saturday (Jul 29). The move comes as authorities crack down on the suspected illegal organ
JAKARTA: Three Bali immigration officers have been arrested for their alleged role in an illegal organ trafficking syndicate that ferried dozens of victims to Cambodia to sell their kidneys, Indonesian police said on Saturday .arresting 12 members last week
The three Bali immigration officers are accused of working with AH, who allegedly took bribes to allow victims lured by the trafficking ring to easily pass through immigration checks to Cambodia for kidney surgeries. Some of the members of the cell are former donors who became recruiters using Facebook and WhatsApp to lure and trade victims.
The traffickers received 200 million rupiah for each kidney, pocketing 65 million rupiah and giving the rest to the victims.
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