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Crimes and unethical behaviour in the death services industry isn't unique to the UK.

There have been some serious failings around the world.

Crimes that have been discovered and have ignited change in laws and regulations to protect the

dignity of the dead. In this episode, we'll look at some of the regulations that have been brought in

and the crimes that induce them and also speak to some incredible people from an organisation

called Dead Positive, who are doing some incredible work from an organisation called Dead Positive,

who are doing some incredible work for people

who are exploring the issues around death and afterlife care,

because it's the one thing that unites us all as humans.

I'm Naomi Channel, and this is the final episode of Grave Concerts. I'll come. I'm going to Now covering Colorado at 5, the state shuts down a funeral home after a family says they got cement instead of ashes of their loved one.

That's just one of the accusations against the Sunset Mesa funeral directors.

The owners have also been scrutinized

for running a side business that donates body parts for scientific research. Between 2010 and

2018, Megan Hess and her mother Shirley Koch ran the Sunset Mesa funeral home in Colorado,

America.

They offered competitively priced cremations and other funeral services.

They were well known and respected in their town of Montrose and were often used more than once by families when their loved ones died.

But in 2016, Rooters released an investigative series

that shone a light on the sale of body parts in America. Like the UK funeral industry,

the American funeral industry and the sale of body parts were mostly unregulated.

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