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Medical and police authorities are launching a major international probe into the illegal trafficking in human organs for transplants, to help clamp down on the crime, one of the researchers said Thursday.
"Because of the scarcity of organs, they become more valuable and therefore more lucrative to trade," Ambagtsheer said.
"Our goal is not to get hard numbers," Ambagtsheer told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "What we want to do is research the supply and demand and the involvement of organized crime _ who is facilitating these transplants and how?"
