Recently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a New York man on charges of organizing the sale of kidneys to patients in the United States. The alleged scheme has been taking place for 10 years and if true, would be the first documented case of organ trafficking in the United States.
 
Donors were brought to the United States from Israel and underwent surgery to remove a kidney. The FBI did not release which hospitals received these patients, but some hospitals were fooled thinking the donor was acting out of compassion. 

This article originally appeared in the August 2009 issue of Kidney Transplant Today.