DICG's Participation in The World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

We are happy to be participating in the UNDOC's World Day Against Trafficking in Persons!

All forms of human trafficking take advantage of the most vulnerable people for profit, with complete disregard for human safety and dignity. In human trafficking for organ removal (HTOR), two groups of people are being exploited: those who are desperately seeking a transplant for some form of organ failure and those who are so poor that they are lured into selling an organ. We want to highlight HTOR because it deserves as much attention as other forms of human trafficking but may be more challenging to understand and investigate because of the medical aspects of the crime.

We have observed that many people working against human trafficking in general are not very aware of the aspect of human trafficking for the removal of organs. And we have also observed that there seems to be waning interest and awareness of the problem among medical professionals. This is the reason why the DICG decided to participate in the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons which the United Nations has declared to be on July 30th every year.

More information about trafficking in persons for organ removal can be found at: