Organ trafficking,Personlichkeitsrechte,Klnderhandel & criminal organ harvesting particularly among children in the Third World

German Bundestag
11. Legislature
Answer
the Federal Government
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Subject 212
Small request to Mrs Schmidt-Bott and the Group
DIEGRONEN
-Drucksache11/3795-
Organ trafficking, Personlichkeitsrechte, Klnderhandel and criminal organ harvesting
particularly among children in the Third World
The Parliamentary Staatssekretiir the Bundesminister fiir
Youth, Family, Women and Health stated in a letter dated
15. February 1989 Kleine request on behalf of the Federal Government
answered as follows:
1. In the Federal Republic of Germany, 26 transplant centers
to a consortium of the transplant
~ centers together.
WHERE are these?
In the Arbeitsgemeinschafl the Transplanlationszenlren are 27
Centers closed. They are located in Aachen,
Sleglitz Berlin, Bonn, Bremen, Dusseldorf, Erlangen-Numberg,
Essen, FrankfurtlM., Freiburg / i. Br, Goltingen, Hamburg-Eppendorf,
Hanover, Hanover-Mouth, Heidelberg, Homburg / Saar,
Kaiserslaulem, Kiel, Koinè, Lubeck, Mainz, Marburg / Lahn, Munchen,
MUnsler, Stuttgart, Tubingen, Illmer, Wurzburg.
2. Are These 26 other clinics, both staff and tech
Disch capable of organ transplants durchzuffihren? If
yes, wn clinics which is it?
Herztransplanlationen are still performed in Benedikl
Rehabililations cross-Zentrurn Bad Krozingen in Deulschen
Herzzentrurn Berlin and in Munich Deulschen Herzzentrurn.
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Other than the aufgefiihrten total of 30 hospitals are currently
staffed and organized all if in the position to a low
Number of organ transplants performed.
3. What information is the Federal Government Tiber which organ transplants
in 1987 and totaling up einschlieBlich
1988?
1m in 1988 were 1778 kidney transplants, 161 liver transplants
and 250 heart transplants durchgefuhrl.
1987, durchgefiihrt:
Kidney transplants:
Liver:
Pancreas transplantation:
Heart transplants:
Bone marrow transplants:
4. What knowledge, the Federal Government has the function of preserving the Tiber
of organs such as kidneys, eyes, lungs, liver and
Hen Outside of the body in clafm appropriate and Niihrlosungen
Equipment?
While the kidney after 36 to langstens 48 Slunden successfully
can be transplanted, kiinnen heart, liver and Bauchspeicheldriise
currently only four to six Slunden long conserved
will. The long Aufbewabrungsmiiglichkeit is the reason sure
dab kidney transplantation under a Intemationalen
Organ exchanges take place and the bestmiigliche
Conformity of Gewebsmerkrnale of donors and receiving
gepriift will. A similar development is Labtest
fiir also on the duration of cardiac, liver and heart / lung transplantation
predict. Hierfiir appropriate Konservierungsmiiglichkeiten
erarbeitel. The transplantation of Augenhomhaut
- This is a tissue transplant urn is
even longer time after the Entnalune miiglich.
5. What information is the Federal Government Tiber which still today in
the Federal Republic. Germany made transplants of
Kidney before? How bach is known to the Federal Government of the
Antell Living kidney, both the RUR Jabr 1987 as a whole also
einschlieBlich until 1988?
In the period of 1976, the date of the enactment of a
Initiative of the Board of Trustees for dialysis and kidney transplantation
in Neu-Isenburg-developed model, the so-called
"Munich Model", to 1987 in the Federal Republic
Germany 10 717 kidneys (up to 1988 = 12495) had been transplanted.
The proportion of live donations - exclusively transplants
1st relatives Degree - in 1987 approximately 3%
(19882% j.
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6. 1m annual report of the Bundesarztekammer for 1988 (see Friday from
18. October 1988) heiBt it, DAB jdhrlich about 4,000 kidney transplants
were needed, "urn today's medical
Needs to be fair ". Demgegenliber were
the year before only 1711 kidneys were transplanted. According to
~ The Association of the transplant centers are
~ 7000 patients currently on the waiting list "(see The New
Medical, 7 November 1988).
Does the federal government so that, given the observed structural
Supply problem Berurchtung, DAB commercial
Body handlers this situation successfully exploit and organs
liber ~ the free market "feilbieten, z, as the liber ~ organ
human association and mutual replacement 'or ~ Asia Transplant "
?
As in Germany almost ausschlie6lich kidney
transplanted from dead and live only in AusnahmefaIlen transplantation
1st relatives Grades durchgefiihrt be
and since the Federal Republic of Germany as one of the three
Countries within the European Dialysis and Transplantation Society Schattschneider
geh6rt in which all patients using the "kiinstlichen
Kidney "and therefore are treated to a" suitable "
A deceased donor organ waiting k6nnen, the danger
as low eingeschatzt, dab it into a kind of "organ trafficking"
miifite come.
Natiirlich ware the Durchfiihrung more kidney transplants
wiinschenswert. But the fact is, DAB according to a study
of the Board of Trustees for dialysis and kidney transplantation in
Neu-Isenburg performed analysis of mortuary slips
the year 1986 in Bayem and the extrapolation of these
Data on the Federal Republic of Germany with a number of
about 3000 kidney transplants per year are expected to be
can. This figure, however wiirde enough, the further growth
the waiting list to avoid confusion and to a compensation of
jiihrlichen new menu. On 31 December
1988 in the Federal Republic of Germany a total of 5988
Patients registered for kidney transplantation, more than 5000
Patients had a functioning kidney transplant.
7. The Arbeitsgerneinschaft combined transplant centers
have at their annual meeting in November
Transplantation 1987 an ~ Code imposes urn one: Millbrauch
vonubeugen through commercialization.
Does the Federal Government of the danger, DAB, the kornmerzielle
Organ trade will expand further, that no legal sofem
E.uferlegt limitations are? If not, how does it
the concern of doctors and physicians?
The federal government sees a threat fiir an extension of
Commercialization of the organ trade is not lack of legal
Hedges in the above transplantation VerhaItnis Code
of the Association of transplanting animal doctors, but
in one organ trafficking unterstiitzenden medical Ma6nahmen
Prillung of the Gewebevertraglichkeit not related
Live organ donor and the corresponding abstractions and Dbertragungen
au6erhalb the Federal Republic of Germany. The Bun -
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Government therefore intends to niichsten on the General Assembly
the World Health Organization in June this year, the draft
recommendation included in the Member States
are prompted sure to provide any commercialization daJl
Organ transplantation is prevented. It is the soli
Member States are recommended to be, legal arrangements
meet, where an organ trade is not effective on the basis
other schemes can be prevented. The Member States
Requests should be no medical MaJlnahmen to
tolerate a trade body can allow. They should
emphasis on the daJl none of the transplant physicians serving
Gewebevertriiglichkeitsuntersuchungen from living persons
transit, with the potential recipient is not in
first-degree relative, and they found no bodies.
8. The General Assembly has Weltarztebundes of 1985, a
Declaration adopted in which the governments def Lander
are prompted legislation against any
Trade in human organs to create.
Fiihlt sicb the federal government dwch this declaration to a
Legislative initiative prompted? If yes, how erIda it-It, DAB
after mem than 3 Jarne after the adoption of this declaration
until now no such bill def Federal Government
exists?
The Erkliirung of Weltiirztebundes to trade in organs on
the 37th General Assembly in Brussels in October 1985 Yom enthiilt
a condemnation of the purchase and sale of organs for
Purposes of transplantation and an invitation to Governments
all Liinder, dafiir care must be taken to dab any trade
in human organs is prohibited. Legal regulations
are not called for. AuBerdem indicates the situation
of organ transplantation in the Federal Republic of Germany
- As above - currently no AnlaJl to legislative
MaBnahmen.
9. Del Code transplantation def "Association of the transplant centers
M also includes a rejection
Transplant between non-living relatives. This will
a regulatory requirement for organ donation between living detected.
1st of the Federal Government announced yet whether Organl1bertragungen
between non-relatives in a German hospital
have been made? If so, how this decision wrnde
begriindet? If no, intends to continue Bunde'sregierung,
the impending commercialization of the organ alone
Ehrgefiihl the German Arzteschaft to iiberlassen?
The federal government riiumt the ethical stance of the German
Arzteschaft on organ transplantation with her against any
Organ trafficking commitment facing a high priority
A. You wiirde it begriiBen where a iihnlichen
iirztlichen Ha! Liindem tion in all the world be
kiinnte. An assessment of the risk situation fiir die Bundesrepublik
Germany-West Berlin einschlieBlich Labtest currently a
Fiir need for a statutory scheme does not recognize. The
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Federal Government Fii.l.le between the Organiibertragung
Non-relative in a hospital in Germany
not known. Under the Code of the Association of Transplantation
the transplant centers, 13 November
1987 can be strictly begriindete deviations from
Nichtvomahme the principle of transplantation in non-relatives
after very careful Abwagung made, such as a
Organ donation between spouses.
to. Even with Organiibertragungen between living relatives
continues Arzteschaft eigenniitzige donations covertly negotiated
Charges or familiale Repressaliell not enough.
Moreover, every organ of living for them risky; kidney donor / --
donors are exposed to the danger. at Entziindungen
or failure of the remaining kidney in Elne) ebensgefahrliche
Situation around him. SchlieBlich deviates the Arzteschaft
at Organiibertragungen between living by the principle.
through interventions to reeducate. not to harm.
Will the Federal Government under the given conditions, the
Transplantation of organs of living continue to tolerate? If yes,
begrtindet how they?
It is in the transplants among living relatives
urn Dbertragungen from parents to their children.
Once this is without any doubt urn verniinftigen voluntary,
usually very nachdriickliche decisions of donors
themselves, given the ware transplantation eligibility
groBtmoglichen not begriinden compatibility,
why the federal government already low number soleher
Organ donation inter vivos or even refuse to legally bind
should be. In this constellation, and the increasing
Zuriickhaltung the operators for live transplants can
The meaning of the question not be shared.
11. Living transplants of organs are moving in the
Federal Republic. Germany in the lawless region. Clear legal
Iiber the rules Organiibertragung dead donors are
also before sealing. If anything, as, .. Leichenfledderparagraph "
Come talk to § 168 StGB can be extensive interpretation
as a legal basis can be used. In the 8th Legislature
\ VU1'de already part of the former Federal Government transplant
tationsgesetzentwurf (Printed 8 / 2681) presented, including the Federal
had seen a regulatory requirement and a draft
developed. Both Entwfufe dissent was whether a consent
ment or an opposition iiber the Verfiigung organ donation
death is necessary.
How does the federal government this Gesetzentwiirfe, and what
Options - consent or opposition Watchwords wiirde
they prefer?
The population has Organiibertragung as a treatment method
accepted. The doctor is in the very iiberwiegenden
Majority of Fii.l.le possible that a deceased Angehorigen
of the need for organ harvesting to iiberzeugen with
Hille else whose life or alleviate suffering
can be. If the Gesprach between doctor and Angehorigen
in a manner appropriate for the situation gefiihrt, it may now
broadly in line with their consent in an explantation - at least
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dest individual institutions - of the dead is to be expected. Under these
Circumstances eriibrigt a statutory scheme on the
Basis of Zustimmungsl6sung and it seems questionable whether a
statutory "WiderspruchsI6sung" the general
Willingness to donate organs in addition f6rdem wiirde.
The Federal Government is still not well
iiberzeugl, dab a law licht;! Scheme to the Erh6hung
Transplantation fiihren wiirde frequency. Dariiber it also hillt
the federal government even iiir m6glich, DAB is a "Widerspruchsl6sung"
as a result detrimental to the transplant surgery
k6nnte impact. Because existing anxiety and emotional
Reservations of the individual in the pers6nlichen Gesprach
with the doctor ausgeraumt be k6nnen, wiirden may without the
Gesprach clear Ablehntmg to an organ donation and
so that in case of a Widerspruchsl6sung to a corresponding
Opposition fiihren. Especially in the interest of the existing
Openness of a confrontation should Bev61kerung
with Biirgem be avoided, which - for whatever Griinden
However - the integrity of the corpse Ilir Angeh6rigen gewaltrt
want to know.
12. The transplantation of organs at death is the consent of the
Angehorigen of the deceased - Solem Dieht this already
during his lifetime a Verfiigung gettoffen have
- ZuUissig, well, the legal construction of the transition
PersOnlichkeitsrechts the deceased used to Angeh6rigen
is. 1m Fail an emergency, the Personlichkeitsrecht
but verdrangt,
When is for the federal government initiated a contingency Salcher where?
The federal government has already stated in its response to the Small
Request of the Members' Dr. Lippelt (Hanover) and the Group
Gruner on "Himtodbestimmung" and organ transplantation
Unfallopfem at "Printed Matter 11/3606 under paragraph II / I
shown in what they Hillen missing or not
received permission from Angeh6rigen An emergency situation
as committed in this case.
13. In some U.S. states sine! senior doctor and
Ante through their service obligation to any deceased person
then to uberpIiifen whether their organs for transplantation
suitable. With the consent of the Angehorigen can then
transplant. Through a commitment to this kind of soil
Waiting verkiirzt and Organftbertragungen of living un ~
be made possible.
How does the federal government such a legal service
Commitment?
The federal government sees in the still not consistently available
Cooperation of doctors, especially in smaller
and medium-sized hospital with the transplant centers
a major cause fiir still low number of reported
Donors. According to findings of the President of Bundesdrztekammer
lacking, especially in the small hospital not -
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necessary organizational conditions for a cooperative
with the transplant centers.
Also lack of information both as Krankenhausiirzte
the fiber Krankenhausverwaitungen organizational
kostenmiiBigen and regulations and fill the Organexplantation
Transplantation are referred to ais cause.
On this background the suggestion MUB through service
Priifungs obligations and reporting obligations einzufiihren,
be seen. The federal government believes, DAB
zuniichst the organizational requirements of Zusammenarbeil
Weiler solIten be improved before the idea
a commitment by the hospital doctors tiitigen to Pmfung
and reporting will niihergetreten. 1m fibrigen is a
Problem that is exclusively from the Triigem
gesundheillichen supply and from the country's health authorities,
for the medical care charge
are gel6st are MUB.
The Health Care for the zustiindigen Ministers and Senators
have the lander on its 59th Conference at 17,118. November
1988 in Berlin, the standard achieved so far both in terms
the development of transplanted animal facilities, the
Organ placement and Modalitiiten of organ harvesting after
Empfehiungen of the Bundesiirztekammer positive. They
have aIlerdings in the still relatively young transplant medicine
Procedures, organization and structures of cooperation
ais enlwickiungsbediirftig further views. They
aile doctors also have the big in the field of
Organ donation is responsibility and urn-intensive
Collaboration asked. They have so geiiuBert,
DAB in this sense, the cooperation between the transplanted animal
Facilities and improved Krankenhiiusem-.
denmuB.
14. What knowledge of the federal government has one of the liber Karlsruher
Prosecutor this ad to a lawyer
a. D., in 6konomische Bedringnis Advised the fiber
~ Human organ donation and replacement of a mutual association
M 60000-80000 DM fiir donating a kidney offered
has and continues to offer? What legal means can be
Prosecution against the alleged negligent del ~ Karperverletzung
M (cf. Frankfwter Neue Presse, 19 Oktol:) he 1988)
claim?
The federal government looks grundsiitzlichen Erwiigungen of
a Stelhmgnahme, because it is a floating procedure
Trade!.
15. What criteria mfrssen erfiillt what evidence to
urn as a donor / donor or a EmpfilngerlEmpfangerin
Institution in the computer of the European transplant centers in
Leiden (NL) to be stored? Who has access to it
data stored?
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Aile in Germany for kidney transplantation
receiver will be notified in the central computer of the
Euratransplant Foundation in Leiden, the Netherlands registered.
Also, the Gewebsmerkmale, blood groups, etc. of verfiigbaren
Become a donor with the help of the Board of Trustees fiir dialysis and
Kidney transplantation in the kidney transplant centers
the Federal Republic of computers installed in the central computer
Euro Transplant entered. On the basis of
thereby miiglichen reconciliation process, which in this way can be determined
bestrniiglichen Dbereinstimmung the Gewebsmerkmale
of donations and receive of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Transplant centers in the Federal Republic of Germany
einvemehm1ich established emergency criteria will
intemationale the organ-sharing, notably within the
Euro Transplant Network (Benelux, Austria, Federal Republic
Germany) stall. Further improvements to the national and
international organ exchange and in particular by the
Gewebeiibereinstimmung maBgeblich gepragten Time function
of the transplanted organs Labtest the commissioning of the
Board of Trustees! Iir dialysis and renal transplantation built
Planta Lions nalionalen Trans Data Center in Heidelberg expected.
The suffering verfiigbaren data are subject only to
Access the Euro Transplant Foundation. 1m iibrigen kiinnen only
inputting the data points which they entered
Data.
16. Has the federal government aware dartiber whether German potential
OrganempfangerinnenlOrganempfanger gives agents liber
or on its own initiative'm in India or other of the Linde
Third World organ transplantation have vomehmen approved?
The federal government is not known, DAB German patients
Vermittlungstatigkeit have claimed, or in
India or other countries of the world Driller an organ transplant
have carried out.
17. Can the federal government confirm, DAB e.g. in Brazil by
Newspaper ads for organ donation commercial advertising
wirdl
No.
It is only known to dab in some Liindern in case
Want It Now ill after organ donors have abandoned.
18. What information does the Federal Government of the Tiber OrganBura
~ Asia Transplant "in Frankfurt, which thus witht,
for a total of 100000 DM transplantation of a kidney
"from a Far East country ~ (DNA from October 10, 1988) in
a hospital in New Delhi, Karachi and Manila vomehmen
leave to k6nnen'l
The federal government has no information iiber the OrganBiira
. Asia Transplant "in FrankiurtIM.. In the of. Trans-Asia
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Singapore is planning "to the Federal Ministry fiir youth, family,
Women and health letter with the offer,
Kidney transplants from living donors in vomehmlich
India fiir nearly 100,000 DM vomehmen to leave was due to
any contact to the Biiro referenced in Frankfurt.
The Federal Ministry fiir Youth, Family, Women and
Health stated in a letter Yom 9th December 1988 the offer
Company's Asia Transplant zuriickgewiesen and sharp inter alia
stresses, DAB alone by an exchange of intemationalen
MaBgabe organs of deceased persons under the criteria of Gewebevertriiglichkeit
can be ensured, DAB is not for transplantation
incompatible organs and thus to the risk of a
immediate or short-term Abstollung of the transplanted
Institutions and a health of the patient gefiihrdenden
Millerfolg comes. Also on the importance of the implanted
Organ-oriented aftercare is emphasized.
This post is obne close connection with the
transplanted animal in question does not center on gewiihrleisten. It was
femer reminded that not responsible, if
Donor due to economic hardship veranlallt become
Institutions found to be, and thus a significant health
Risk.
19, Can the federal government exclusively, DAB "AsiatranspIant"
without authority approval OrgangeschMte successfully
vennitteln can?
It is assumed dall nierengeschiidigte patients should
such mediation emsthaft erwiigen by
iiber doctors treating the risks are sufficiently aufgekliirt
and it will refrain from similar unseriiise offers.
20. The / of standing there to Verfiigung donor / donors is
30000 to 40000 DM abgefunden without any Foigeschutz after
Removal of the kidney.
Can the federal government agree, DAB so organized
Geschi: i1te the continuation of what the exploitation
ing treasures of the soil, raw materials, the trafficking of women and
Infants, and Anner lander whose blood the necessary condition
formed for such unscrupulous Geschiifte? Can the
Federal Government besUitigen that these agents for Geschi: i1t operate
without legally prosecuted to k6nnen?
The Federal Government has emphatically made it clear
dall every organ trafficking abhors. The Bundesminfsterium
fiir Youth, Family, Women and Health immediately following the receipt of
the Vermittlungsgeschiifte of Count Adelmann in
Yom Presseerkliirung his 12th October 1988 the trade in organs
Geschiift denounced as unwiirdiges and massive criticism of
menschenunwiirdigen Geschiiften with existential NIIT health
Nature on the one hand and on the financial
gegeniiber other hand, the fault often geschiiftlich or
professionally geschiidigten potential "organ donor" geiibt. It
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has pointed out, DAB handling of such a commercial
Organ placement with Bedriingnissen in distress and anxiety
people to see what the human image and the ethics of
Basic verh6hnender operation. The OrganvermittIer against
ongoing investigations are not yet AbschluJJ
arrives. Should it prove necessary, it shall be necessary
legislative MaBnahmen to be priifen.
21. The Federal Government has also note darO.ber, DAB also
Hospitals in Madras, Bombay and Bangkok transplants
on a commercial basis made?
The federal government knows only the letter of Asia Transplant.
In the letter Transplant of Asia to the Federal Ministry
Iiir Youth, Family, Women and Health will be
noted dab organ trade in Asia took place. In Singapore
Although applied since 16 February 1988 the Human Transplant Act,
including the transfer of non-related kidney donor
prohibits. It wiirden but Singapurianer to India
Manila or fly there urn transplants to vomehmen
let.
22. Has the federal government aware dayan, DAB Indian NGO
"Snehasadan" in a nation info sheet in September /
October 1988 Dambe reported dab in the StraBenkindem
Bombay 25000 to 30000 rupees wiirden offered when they become
Transplantation of a kidney ready explained?
The organization Snehasadan unterhiilt in Bombay 13 homes in
where children under the care of a Hauseltempaares grow up. In
their house publication Yom September / October 1988 reported the
Organization wamend, DAB StraBenkindem by means Manner
Amounts of 25000 to 30 000 rupees donation fiir
were offered. Evidence Iiir the RiIohtigkeit this presentation
are not subject to such offers Presseberichte.iiber VOL
are not released in Mumbai.
23. Interested young people, so "Snehasadan" continues, the need
Abschlu6 agents before transplantation of a medical Deals
Submit testimony, which they identified as healthy and on their own
Cost is to obtain. The transplant itself including upper soil
the ~ HarkishandasjJ Hospitalin organized in Bombay.
Does the Federal Government is further evidence that top form
of organ procurement?
No.
24. Did they auswdrtige representation that are of ~ Snehasadan -
operation to iiberpriifen?
Efne Dberpriifung the representation in question is the task
zustiindigen the local authorities.
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25. The association of private health insurers (PKVj has pointed out
dab of private insurance coverage "without limitation"
around the world is true, there's also a replacement for
Operations. Will fill the purchase cost of an organ
fill in the expenses of the operation, the
Private health insurers pay. The so-called Obermal3klausel kame
in the previously mentioned sum of DM 100 000 for non-coverage
(see DNA Yom October 10, 1988).
Can this scheme in view of the progressive impoverishment
in the Third World and its use as organ supermarket also
be interpreted, DAB partial Ausschlachtung there
people for the purpose of organ transplantation to private insurance ~
from the Federal Republic of Germany about the Krankenkasse ~
nbeitrage all subsidized private insurance?
The Association of Private Health Insurance (PKVj has
Letter dated 5 January 1989 the Federal Ministry gegeniiber
fiir Youth, Family, Women and Health on the issue of
Obligation opinion. He has pointed out
dab it past a case of transplantation of a purchased
Institution in the private health is not known.
He believes dab fiir the payment of remuneration fiir the
Acquisition of an institution to iibertragenden no obligation
confusion. The PKV wiirde diesbeziiglich also in a dispute
Accepted. Independently of the sonsligen Rechtsgriinden fiir
Rejection of reimbursement, such as VerstoB against the
good Sillen, the a lack of insurance in Europe iiblichen
Zusammenfiihrens a donor organ with the most appropriate
Recipient of an organ donation center millels
according to previous studies of organ and
Receiver as a sign of dafiir, DAB is not a fundamental urn
leistungspflichlige alone, generally scientifically
approved treatment method. Since the PKV dariiber
more than a purchase price l1unangemessenes pay "committed
So also from this point of view of means not
recognizes there is no danger of subsidizing privately insured
Organ recipient.
26. What knowledge is of the Federal Government over reports
before, after which Bangladesh women by agents of the criminal
Alleged organ trafficking as a worker in India
be placed where they were murdered and their organs for sale
removed (see Yom TAZ October 12, 1988)?
The federal government is known, DAB derarlige Geriichte long
circulate in Bangladesh. It is known femer, DAB is
Foreign correspondents in this country have not succeeded in
a Bestaligung fiir these Geriichte to find.
27. 1st the auswartige representation of the Federal Republic of Germany in
India in the Indian press geaul3erten instructions and procedures'
mutungen followed?
The Priifung derarliger Verrnutungen is the responsibility of the competent
local authorities.
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28. The swinging-term trading in newborns and infants from
AUDIT AND the Third World is the recognized adoption agencies
in the Federal Republic of Germany with dig
Concern. In addition, the so-called sham adoptions liber
traded magtiche children as victims for organ removal
be seen, the transition between illegal
Adoption and criminal organ harvesting are flie6end.
How does the Bundesregienmg against the illegal or
Utilization of operating Gesetzeslucken baby handler in the
Germany to proceed?
For the little ones still in the request in the Questions 28 to 40
discussed issue of international adoptions noticed the
Federal government in advance the following: