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How desperate youth have been trapped in global web of illicit organs trade

Human kidney cross section. (Courtesy/GettyImages]

Kenya has found itself at the center of a troubling global organ harvesting syndicate, drawing desperate and impoverished youth into a complex and shadowy network of organ traffickers.

An extensive investigative report by Germ media outlets Deutsche Welle (DW), Der Spiegel, and ZDF uncovered the inner workings of a transnational organ trade rooted in Kenyan hospitals with links to agencies abroad and involving vulnerable donors and wealthy recipients.

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