Ankara (ST): Several Syrian refugees in Turkey have been victim for human organ trafficking networks which spread in Turkey. These networks have been exploiting the poverty of the Syrian refugees and their inability to pay the rent of their houses forcing them to sell their organs in return for small amounts of money.
The American CBS channel published a report about this file interviewing a number of Syrian refugees who were subject to cheating by the Turkish organs trafficking networks in return for sums that were not paid to them.
The channel screened a film titled “Selling Organs to Stay Alive” which included tragic stories about selling organs deals managed by Turkish brokers, noting that organ trafficking networks are still working in Turkey on a large scale, trading with the suffering of the Syrian refugees who live under very harsh conditions.
One of the refugees said that money shortage pushed him to strike a deal with a Turkish broker to sell one of his kidneys in return for 10000 US dollars, but he received half of the sum and the broker hid, adding that following the surgery he did not receive any medical care.
Another woman refugee sold half of her liver in return of paying the delayed rent of her house.
Reference should be made to the fact that Turkey comes first with regard to organs trafficking in Europe while Israel plays the role of the broker according to a report published by an Australian Foundation. The British BBC said that Turkey benefitted from Israel’s experience in this regard.
The suffering of the Syrian refugees as a result of the organ trafficking networks is only one part of the blackmail practiced by the Turkish regime against them exploiting their suffering through blackmailing Europe financially.
K.Q.