TS Radio Network: True Crime ....Trafficking body parts

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The year is 2015.  In Southern Nevada, due to complaints, health inspectors investigated a suburban neighborhood.  They found a man in medical scrubs hosing down a torso in his front yard.  Bits of tissue and blood washed into the gutters, the stream weaving past storefronts, pooling near a technical school.  FBI agents raided what turned out to be the headquarters of a U.S. body broker. The owner was acquiring dead bodies to dissect and sell in parts for profit, to medical researchers, training organizations, and private buyers.  The owner could not be prosecuted due to the fact that there is no law against the trafficking of body parts in exchange for "fees."  The profits are staggering.

Tonight, we'll discuss the flourishing body parts trade that continues with little regulation in the U.S.  Unlike regulated organ donations, whole bodies can be procured, chopped up into six parts and sold or leased to, and by-- just about anyone. As a result, even beyond death, we can unknowingly become commodities. How did this grisly trade evolve,and what can be done about it?  Join Marti Oakley and Marcia Southwick to learn more.