Hot Spots
Activity related to the organ trade around the world
Italy
- Compensated Gifting-Softer forms of (living) organ sales
Italian journals frequently publish advertisements of organs for sale
(G. Manfredi: Vendo reni per pagare gli usurai," Il Massaggero, October 25,
1991, p. 10.). It is not confirmed if any of these offers were accepted. Italian
patients travel to Asia and receive transplants of organs purchased from living
persons. (W. Rizzo: "Volevo un rene, finii in India," L'Unita, January 17,
1995
