http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20071114144218791C489717Frankfurt - A private German-registered firm is being accused of importing transplantable human organs via a Hong Kong office and an Israeli doctor, prosecutors confirmed on Wednesday.
It is a criminal offence in Germany for doctors or sick people to pay for organs from living donors, and to sell them. snip
Because of the danger that poor people will sacrifice extra organs, or be killed for them, German law prescribes a prison term of up to five years for patients who pay for organs.
Instead, the rich patients must wait for an unpaid donor, living or dead, to offer the needed body part. The German law also applies to German citizens abroad.
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