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empirical research repository
Many claims are made about the organ trade in the absence of empirical research data. This has strengthened popular notions of the organ trade as an underground, mafia-like crime that exists separately from the medical industry. Common myths surrounding organ trade include generalized depictions of the trade as a crime against humanity, as . While anecdotal reports exist that demonstrate that organ trade can involve serious organized crime, torture, physical force and even torture, these reports are not generalizable to the organ trade as a whole. Emerging scholarly work points out that organ trade involves a variety of practices which can be placed along a spectrum ranging from excessive exploitation to voluntary, mutually agreed benefits. This is why, in our research, we maintain an (empirical) distinction between (allowing) payments for organs on the one hand and exploitation (human trafficking) on the other hand.
As a response to the myths and claims about the organ trade, we have created a repository that exclusively lists evidence-based research reports and publications. All of these reports and publications describe how the data was gathered. Only research articles and reports covering the last 10 years are listed.
Please send us an email if a publication is missing from the list.
organ trade prosecutions
Many claims are made about the organ trade in the absence of empirical research data. This has strengthened popular notions of the organ trade as an underground, mafia-like crime that exists separately from the medical industry. Common myths surrounding organ trade include generalized depictions of the trade as a crime against humanity, as . While anecdotal reports exist that demonstrate that organ trade can involve serious organized crime, torture, physical force and even torture, these reports are not generalizable to the organ trade as a whole. Emerging scholarly work points out that organ trade involves a variety of practices which can be placed along a spectrum ranging from excessive exploitation to voluntary, mutually agreed benefits. This is why, in our research, we maintain an (empirical) distinction between (allowing) payments for organs on the one hand and exploitation (human trafficking) on the other hand.
As a response to the myths and claims about the organ trade, we have created a repository that exclusively lists evidence-based research reports and publications. All of these reports and publications describe how the data was gathered. Only research articles and reports covering the last 10 years are listed.
Please send us an email if a publication is missing from the list.