It’s so bad in Israel, Poor Israelis Are Selling Their Organs: Human Traffickers – Rasta Livewire Reports
Two Jerusalem residents, one a Doctor and former Hadassah hospital employee, were arrested for allegedly facilitating organ trafficking deals.
Sammy Shem-Tov, 67, a former employee of Hadassah-Ein Kerem, and Dmitry Orenstein were arrested Sunday at the hospital, according to reports.
The men allegedly mediated between buyers and sellers of kidneys.
Many poverty and debt ridden Israelis (at least, 10 indigent Israelis were identified in this case), most in dire financial difficulty, agreed to sell their organs to the duo; usually a kidney.
Those poor-stricken and debt-ridden Israeli donors were found through magazine advertisements.
Shem-Tov and Orenstein made tens of thousand dollars on each transaction.
Selling organs although rampant is illegal under Israel’s organ transplant law that went into effect last year. …