<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5391a278-249b-4e8b-aded-859d5dcf2f8e/40FCE626-C148-41CA-9673-71EB2948F078/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2362382.ece/Egypt_free_port_for_illegal_trade_in_kidneys" href="http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2362382.ece/Egypt_free_port_for_illegal_trade_in_kidneys" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nrc.nl</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2362382.ece/Egypt_free_port_for_illegal_trade_in_kidneys"><H1> Egypt free port for illegal trade in kidneys</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2362382.ece/Egypt_free_port_for_illegal_trade_in_kidneys"><DIV class="article_introduction"> The trade in organs is a growing problem in Egypt. Local media regularly report on the abduction of young people for their organs. Organ tourism is driving prices up.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2362382.ece/Egypt_free_port_for_illegal_trade_in_kidneys"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nrc.nl/img/FFA410C3-15B3-402D-AE17-0FCE13D3603B" alt="An Egyptian who sold a kidney displays a long scar.   Photo AP" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2362382.ece/Egypt_free_port_for_illegal_trade_in_kidneys">The organ trade is a growing problem in Egypt. The country is regarded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the largest free port for clandestine kidney transplants in the Middle East. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2362382.ece/Egypt_free_port_for_illegal_trade_in_kidneys">Desperate down-and-outers can earn a great deal of money by selling a kidney, but with the lack of medical attention they often end up with serious health problems.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2362382.ece/Egypt_free_port_for_illegal_trade_in_kidneys">Most of the buyers are Egyptians, but Arabs from the Persian Gulf area also come to Egypt in search of kidneys. This “transplant tourism” is driving prices up. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2362382.ece/Egypt_free_port_for_illegal_trade_in_kidneys">Not only donor recruiters, but also human traffickers are active in the kidney trade. The local media regularly report on the abduction of young people for their organs.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2362382.ece/Egypt_free_port_for_illegal_trade_in_kidneys">They know that their body parts are worth more here than their lives.” </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/40FCE626-C148-41CA-9673-71EB2948F078/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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