Organ Trafficking Market Value: $50 Million

Posted on May 10, 2008
Filed Under Black Market Index, humans |

Havocscope is currently estimating the illicit market value for organ trafficking to be $50 million based on the following sources.

1. According to the World Health Organization, the average price paid to a kidney donor on the black market is ” likely to be about US $5000.

2. An article from Reuters quoted a health official who stated ” Something like 10,000 kidneys are transplanted every year from living donors who are paid sometimes small amounts.”

10,000 estimated kidneys X $5,000 = $50,000,000.

Please note that the figure is meant to present a general idea of the amount of money involved in this market. The figure does not represent the profits involved in the activity, nor does it include the amount of money paid by the organ recipient.

Sources:
World Health Organization, “Organ Trafficking and transplantation pose new challenges,” IN FOCUS, September 1, 2004, (accessed: April 2, 2007).

Tom Heneghan, ” Human organ trafficking threatens donation schemes,” Reuters.com, April 2, 2007,

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