Israeli doctor said detained in Turkey for illegal organ transplants - Haaretz

Last update - 21:23 01/05/2007

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