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EU: Israeli, Turk trafficked human organs
EU prosecutor in Kosovo indicts Israel's Moshe Harel, Turkish national Yusuf Sonmez for alleged involvement in global network trafficking organs
A European Union prosecutor in Kosovo has indicted a Turkish and an Israeli national for their alleged involvement in an international network that trafficked in human organs.
The EU Rule of Law mission in Kosovo said in a statement Monday that Turkish national Yusuf Sonmez, and Israel's Moshe Harel were indicted last week on charges of "trafficking in persons, organized crime and unlawful exercise of medical activity."
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Last year, EU prosecutor Jonathan Ratel said the two conspired with Kosovo doctors to perform dozens of operations in 2008 on impoverished organ donors who were falsely promised money in exchange for their kidneys. The seven Kosovo nationals are standing trial.
Kosovo law forbids the removal and transplant of organs.
Sonmez and Harel are currently at large.
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