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Israeli doctor said detained in Turkey for illegal organ transplants
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies

An Israeli surgeon has been detained at an Istanbul hospital over alleged illegal organ transplants, a Turkish news agency reported Tuesday.

The report named the doctor as Zaki Shapira, and said that three other Israeli nationals were also detained. Two of the Israelis were reportedly donating kidneys to a third Israeli and a South African in his 60s.

The arrests occurred when Turkish police were called to the hospital because of a robbery and discovered the alleged illegal transplants.
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The report said that a policeman and a robber were wounded in an exchange of gunfire. A total of 15 people were detained in connection with the incident, including seven hospital employees.

According to the report, the four would-be donors and recipients were transferred to other hospitals in Istanbul as the hospital in which they were being treated did not have a license or adequate equipment to carry out transplants.

The report quotes police as saying that the robbery had no connection to the alleged illegal organ transplants.
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  1.   im not surprised . 23:12  |  Nina 01/05/07
  2.   A Turkish movie last year portrayed a Jewish Dr. doing the same 23:31  |  Chanan 01/05/07
  3.   not surprised 00:57  |  J 02/05/07
  4.   illegal organ transplants are a world wide industry 00:59  |  lakshmi 02/05/07
  5.   They arrest Jewish suspects 01:42  |  John 02/05/07
  6.   sometimes it becomes business 01:48  |  Nina 02/05/07
  7.   #1 Nina - of course you`re not surprised 02:31  |  * BEN JABO 02/05/07
  8.   #3 John - you`re so obvious 03:27  |  * BEN JABO 02/05/07
  9.   #5 John - Jewish Suspects, arrested & convicted 19:29  |  * BEN JABO 02/05/07
  10.   illegal organ transplants 21:14  |  shoukry toubiah 02/05/07
  11.   To Ben Jabo #8 23:29  |  John 02/05/07
  12.   To Ben Jabo #9 23:33  |  John 02/05/07
  13.   #11 John - Hate to tell you 01:09  |  * BEN JABO 03/05/07
  14.   #12 John - Eichmann was also kidnapped 01:14  |  * BEN JABO 03/05/07
  15.   shoukry toubiah contact me 20:15  |  crji 22/05/07
  16.   transplants 13:04  |  D.M. Veerman 07/10/08
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