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Trafficking in Organs

2. What I will talk about. What we know about Organ TraffickingWhat we don't know What we need to achieve. 3. AWF Phoenix. Tool to support investigations in the field of trafficking in human beings Opening - 19 June 2007 Concept of Priority Areas (one on Organ Trafficking). 4. St

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Trafficking in Organs

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    1. Trafficking in Organs A Europol Perspective Europol, 28 July 2010

    2. 2 What I will talk about What we know about Organ Trafficking What we don’t know What we need to achieve

    3. 3 AWF Phoenix Tool to support investigations in the field of trafficking in human beings Opening - 19 June 2007 Concept of Priority Areas (one on Organ Trafficking)

    4. 4 Structure: the “Priority Areas”

    5. 5 AWF Phoenix – Members and Associates 22 Participating MS: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom 3 Associates Australia Norway Switzerland

    6. 6 How we got the information Collection plan disseminated on 24 February 2010 Replies received from 20 respondents on 30 Only five reported actual cases

    7. 7 Why so little?

    8. 8 What are these few cases about? Generic advertisement on the Internet EU citizens acting as brokers for surgical operations in non EU Countries Cases of Trafficking in Tissue (not THB) Myths…

    9. 9 So what DO we know (Open Sources)? World Health Organisation (WHO) in March 2007, at the Second Global Consultation on Human Transplantation, identified how 5-10% of the kidney transplants performed annually throughout the world are a result of organ trafficking The American Journal of Transplantation[1], don’t mention any EU MS as possible place for an illicit transplant activity. [1] “Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism: A Commentary on the Global Realities” D. A. Budiani-Saberi and F. L. Delmonico - 2008

    10. 10 How does this happen abroad? Study carried out by a researcher[1] and presented at the Second Global Consultation on Human transplantation at the WHO headquarters in Geneva in 2007 highlight the main four modes of so called “transplant tourism” Mode one entails a recipient travelling from country B to country A where the donor and transplant centre are located, mode 2 entails a donor from country A travelling to country B where the recipient and transplant centre are located, mode 3 entails a donor and recipient from country A travelling to country B where the transplant centre is located, and mode 4 entails a donor from country A and a recipient from country B travelling to country C, where the transplant centre is located. [1] Yosuke Shimazono - 2007

    11. 11 Transplant Tourism

    12. 12 What we don’t know What is the scale and nature of which EU citizens benefit from this serious crime Is Organised Crime behind this activity? Is it possible to detect this crime? Is it possible to prosecute and convict perpetrators?

    13. 13 What do we need? Effective means of detection Investigations to be developed beyond borders A holistic approach involving all stakeholders Develop an expertise on this unknown field

    14. Thank you

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