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Lebanese mayor arrested in Spain on suspicion of organ trafficking

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Lebanese mayor arrested in Spain on suspicion of organ trafficking Empty Lebanese mayor arrested in Spain on suspicion of organ trafficking

Post by Ben Reilly Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:58 am

Madrid (CNN) -- A wealthy mayor from Lebanon has been arrested in Spain for allegedly offering to pay $55,000 to poor people to obtain liver tissue for his liver transplant, police and a government official announced Wednesday.

It's the first time that potential human organ trafficking, a worrisome international crime, has been detected in Spain, authorities said.

The mayor, a 61-year-old man, was arrested on January 30 at Manises Airport in Valencia. He has since appeared before a judge, who filed preliminary charges for alleged organ trafficking and released him on condition that he surrender his passport and remain in Spain, police and the official said at a Madrid news conference.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/12/world/europe/spain-lebanon-mayor-organ-allegations/index.html?hpt=ieu_c2
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