Trading life: organ trafficking, illicit networks, and exploitation

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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Excavating the Organ Trade -- 2. The Illegal Trade in Organs -- 3. Organ Trading Networks -- 4. Disqualified Bodies -- 5. Exodus -- 6. Organ(ized) Crime -- 7. Regulating the Organ Trade -- Notes -- References -- Index

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Main Author: Columb, Seán (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, CA Stanford University Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Online Access: Cover (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Donation of organs, tissues, etc > Economic aspects > Egypt > Cairo
Illegal aliens > Egypt > Cairo > Economic conditions
Organ trafficking > Egypt > Cairo
Sale of organs, tissues, etc > Egypt > Cairo
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc > Social aspects > Egypt > Cairo
LAW / Criminal Law / General
Ägypten > Libyen > Sudan > Eritrea > Europäische Union > Organisiertes Verbrechen > Organhandel
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Excavating the Organ Trade -- 2. The Illegal Trade in Organs -- 3. Organ Trading Networks -- 4. Disqualified Bodies -- 5. Exodus -- 6. Organ(ized) Crime -- 7. Regulating the Organ Trade -- Notes -- References -- Index
This groundbreaking book investigates the emergence and evolution of the organ trade across North Africa and Europe. Seán Columb illuminates the voices and perspectives of organ sellers and brokers to demonstrate how crime and immigration controls produce circumstances where the business of selling organs has become a feature of economic survival. Drawing on the experiences of African migrants, Trading Life brings together five years of fieldwork charting the development of the organ trade from an informal economic activity into a structured criminal network operating within and between Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Eritrea, and Europe. Ground-level analysis provides new insight into the operation of organ trading networks and the impact of current legal and policy measures in response to the organ trade. Columb reveals how investing financial and administrative resources into law enforcement and border securitization at the expense of social services has led to the convergence of illicit smuggling and organ trading networks and the development of organized crime. Trading Life delivers a powerful and grounded analysis of how economic pressures and the demands of survival force people into exploitative arrangements, like selling a kidney, that they would otherwise avoid. This fascinating and accessible book is a must-read for anyone interested in migration, organized crime, and exploitation
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XX, 196 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781503612563
DOI:10.1515/9781503612563
Access:Restricted Access