Reuters - IRAQ: Focus on illegal organ trade

Reuters AlertNet - IRAQ: Focus on illegal organ trade:

"The main gate of Baghdad's Karama hospital is the place to go if you want to trade a kidney. A man, who calls himself Bashar, hovers by the entrance, his front business is selling tea and soft drinks but his real trade soon becomes apparent.

'I can get you a healthy kidney. It will cost you US $2,000 to $3,000, you just have to give me your blood type and I will get it for you even before you have finished a cold pepsi,' Bashar said, smiling. Donors are taken into the hospital laboratory where blood tests to establish compatibility are carried out.

Fadhel's new kidney came from a man who initially asked $4,000 but was bartered down to $3,000 after long hours of negotiation."