According to Telegraph UK, this is the first case of a child being trafficked into Britain for the sole intention of providing organs for people desperate for a transplant.
The girl’s identity has been protected. She was taken from Somalia and smuggled into the UK so that her organs could be removed and sold.
A report by the British government revealed that human trafficking has reached record levels, rising by 50 per cent in the last year.
In total, 371 children were exploited in 2012, most of them used as slaves or sexually abused. 95 children were from Vietnam, 67 from Nigeria and 25 from China, and others from Romania and Bangladesh.
20 British children, according to the report, had also been victims of human trafficking, in cases where they were defiled and exploited by gangs of Asian men.
An adult woman was in 2012 reported as the first case of a human brought to the UK by an organised gang with the intention of removing her organs and selling them on.
World Health Organisation says an international shortage of organs for transplantation has led to a black market for organ trading, as well as “organ transplant tourism”.
According to WHO, payment for organs “is likely to take unfair advantage of the poorest and most vulnerable groups, undermines altruistic donation and leads to profiteering and human trafficking”.
Kidney leads the list of thee organs most trafficked because one can be removed with the patient still being able to live a healthy life.
Approximately 7,000 kidneys are illegally trafficked annually. Over $1billion is generated through this illegal trade annually.
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