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The Audio Long Read

‘For me, there was no other choice’: inside the global illegal organ trade

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

I spoke to dozens of people – from ‘donors’ to brokers – to find out how this exploitative trade thrives on chaos and desperation. By Seán Columb. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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Players must be 18 or over.

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on track to your destination, not a care in the world as you simply lean back and before you know it you're there

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1:20.8

The following article contains distressing scenes.

1:24.0

For me there was no other choice.

1:27.0

Inside the global illegal organ trade by Dr. Sean Colum.

1:43.0

They traveled at night for what seemed like ours, but it was difficult to tell. Yonis was blindfolded and drowsy from the Xanax he had been given.

1:48.0

He wasn't sure where he was, but he could smell salt in the air when the car stopped.

1:54.0

Yonis heard Ali, the other passenger, wind down his window and light his cigarette.

2:00.0

The driver sat motionless, breathing heavily.

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Several minutes passed in silence.

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