Haiti Fears Organ Trafficking

Children, adults being targeted: prime minister
By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 28, 2010 5:00 AM CST
Haiti Fears Organ Trafficking
Water bottles bearing photos and names of Haitian orphans are seen during an action of "Haiti Adopted Children Emergency Action Group", in front of the French Foreign Ministry in Paris, Jan. 23, 2010.   (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Not only child traffickers but also human organ traffickers are targeting Haiti, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive tells CNN. "There is organ trafficking for children and other persons also, because they need all types of organs," he said. Bellerive gave no further details during the interview, instead rejecting criticism that the Haitian government was not visible enough in the crisis and urging donors to provide more tents before the onset of the rainy season in May. (More Haiti stories.)

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