RT Article
T1 Excavating the organ trade: an empirical study of organ trading networks in Cairo, Egypt
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 57
IS 6
SP 1301
OP 1321
A1 Columb, Seán
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1564756300
AB Legislative action in response to the organ trade has centred on the prohibition of organ sales and the enforcement of criminal sanctions targeting ‘trafficking’ offences. This paper argues that the existing law enforcement response is not only inadequate but harmful. The analysis is based on empirical data gathered in Cairo, Egypt, among members of the Sudanese population who have either sold or arranged for the sale of kidneys. The data suggest that prohibition has pushed the organ trade further underground increasing the role of organ brokers and reducing the bargaining position of organ sellers, leaving them exposed to greater levels of exploitation.
K1 Organ  trafficking
K1 Transnational  organized  crime
K1 Organ  markets
K1 Human  trafficking
K1 Law enforcement
K1 Organhandel
K1 Internationale Kriminalität
K1 Menschenhandel
DO 10.1093/bjc/azw068