organ trafficking
Security authorities debunk rumors of women in Egypt being kidnapped for organ harvesting
Egypt
January 12, 2025
Security authorities debunk rumors of women in Egypt being kidnapped for organ harvesting
A video of a woman claiming to have found evidence of young women in Egypt being kidnapped and having their…
Egypt’s Interior Ministry clamps down on organ trafficking ring
Egypt
February 18, 2020
Egypt’s Interior Ministry clamps down on organ trafficking ring
Egyptian security services arrested members of a criminal ring involved in human trafficking and facilitating the illegal harvesting, sale, and…
Egypt court jails criminal ring for illegal organ trafficking
Egypt
September 19, 2018
Egypt court jails criminal ring for illegal organ trafficking
Giza Criminal Court on Tuesday convicted a nine-member criminal ring for illegal organ trafficking, sentencing its members to varied…
Egypt is now a developing country in organ transplants, MP says
Egypt
April 7, 2018
Egypt is now a developing country in organ transplants, MP says
MP Abdel Hamid El-Sheikh, a member of the Health Affairs Committee in Egypt’s Parliament, said that the country has improved…
Egypt’s health ministry says German report on organ trafficking “harmful to national security”
Egypt
August 21, 2017
Egypt’s health ministry says German report on organ trafficking “harmful to national security”
Egypt’s Health Ministry denied that Egypt is a hot spot for illegal organ trafficking on Sunday, after a short German…
Parliament approves death penalty for human organ traffickers
Life & Style
June 14, 2017
Parliament approves death penalty for human organ traffickers
Health Minister Ahmed Emad al-Din said on Tuesday that the Parliament has approved the draft law introduced from his ministry…
‘Largest network for human organs trafficking’ busted: Administrative Control Authority
Egypt
December 6, 2016
‘Largest network for human organs trafficking’ busted: Administrative Control Authority
The Administrative Control Authority announced it had detected, at dawn on Tuesday, the largest international network for trafficking in human…
West ends supervised independence of Kosovo
Egypt
September 10, 2012
West ends supervised independence of Kosovo
Western powers which have overseen Kosovo since its 2008 unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia have ended their supervision…
Egyptian steals wife’s kidney to sell on black market
Egypt
January 21, 2011
Egyptian steals wife’s kidney to sell on black market
An Egyptian doorman in Cairo had stolen his wife's kidney to sell it on the black market, security sources said…
Organ trafficking active between Egypt and Syria, says report
Egypt
November 30, 2010
Organ trafficking active between Egypt and Syria, says report
Syrian authorities have arrested several members of organ trafficking rings operating between Egypt and Syria, according to a report published…