S. African hospital charged in organ trafficking
By DONNA BRYSON 2010-09-16T15:28:48ZJOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A major South African hospital chain and its chief executive have been charged after years of investigation into a human organ trafficking case that stretched from Israel to South Africa to Brazil, hospital officials and police said Thursday.... hosted.ap.org |
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