The Surgeons

The next player in the illegal organ trafficking market are the Surgeons. Obviously, after the recipient, who receives the organ, and the donor, who donates the organ, are the surgeons, who are required to remove the organ from the donor, and transplant it into the recipient.

Usually a team of surgeons are associated with the illegal organ rings. The typical team comes from Israel or Turkey. They are mercenary, and get the bulk of the money the recipient has paid. They typically don't know the patient. They might have two teams, where one removes the organ, and the second team ready to put the organ in the recipient; sometimes there is only one team doing both surgeries. They manage the postoperative care of the patients with a few nurses. Usually they are in and out of the selected hospital in 4 days. These physicians are in it purely for the profit.

As you can see from the article from the previous blog, the surgeons working out of Pakistan are averaging around $150,000 cash per month! These figures can be much higher for surgeries taking place in other settings, like Turkey or even illegal transplants taking place in the United States.

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