Israeli doctor said detained in Turkey for illegal organ transplants
Three other Israelis said detained, including 2 alleged kidney donors and a recipient; total of 15 people held.
By News Agencies and Haaretz ServiceAn 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.
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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Can anybody tell me which hospital was involved?
hi man, contact me from the contact menu on www.crji.org (stefan candea) and I can get you more details on that. will be in toronto this week
Terrorists that planned the Munich attack were also sought out and dealt with. The U.S. has arrested and detained hundreds of terrorists and confined them to Guantanamo. Vannunu, betrayed his trust, was arrested and returned to Israel. All terrorists must be seized, confined and dealt with. Bishari paraded his treachery by meeting openly with Israel's enemies, allegedly betrayin his trust as an MK, for which he took an oath of allegiance.. He only has to return to Israel for trial and have his case properly adjudicated, in full view of the world's media.
I never said that suspects shouldn't be arrested. If I did, please point it out to me.
Mordechai Vanunu was kidnapped and illegally transported out of Italy and into Israel. That's hardly arrested. Maybe we should start using Israeli methods against zionist extremists: targetted assassinations, or kidnappings followed by fake trials.
tell that to Chanah... She's the one jumping to conclusions with her "bloodlibel"... What's wrong with arresting suspects?
i was involved with that doctor through a kidny transpant on my brother 2 years ago and few month later my brother past away never getting out of the hospital. i would like more information about the case and if i can be of any help . thanks.
A Jew, Mordecai Vannunu was arrested, tried, convicted & jailed. Still hasn't learned his lesson, violating terms of his release. Will probably go back inside for additional instructions on how to behave.
Arresting isn't convicting, nor has there been a trial. Why not wait for the judicial procedures to take hold. While you're waiting, stick your itchy fingers in the dike or at least the nearest aperature available to you.
It's a big industry in China, Cambodia and Vietnam. They use convicts for their lucrative organ trade. China harvest organs from executed criminals, either before the coup de grace or afterwards, while the parts are still warm. NO country has an exclusive. People that are desperate for money sell an organ to raise funds.
http://p282.news.mud.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070402/wl_nm/organs_dc
So they must be anti-semites, right, Chanah?
and the 'donors' are poor people from the Third World or as in the case of the ME. Iraqi prisoners.After the horrors of abu grhaib no one should be surprised at such happenings. The recipients of these transplants are wealthy people in the Western democracies.
Israelis have done well in this ugly business. They do it in South Africa, Brasil and some other countries. How about some drugs (meth)???
...... to Arab prisoners in Iraq in cooperation with an American officer guarding them/ a fictional script. It sounds like a blood libel all over again.
NOt surprised . i have heard they do it in Israel too .