article_snippet: An official organ transplant.
article_snippet: The first  illegal 'organ harvesting' in UK was reported in 2011 .
article_snippet: Two people – one a boy as young as 12 – have been smuggled into Britain to have Two people – one a boy as young as 12 – organs removed and sold on the black market.
article_snippet: The first incident of illegal ‘organ harvesting’ in Britain was reported in 2011.
article_snippet: Two years later a girl was brought from Somalia with the intention of removing a girl organs and selling her organs on to patients desperate for a transplant.
article_snippet: The conspiracy involves a number of people, including a recruiter who identifies the victim, someone else to organise The conspiracy journey, medical professionals to perform the operation and an accomplice charged with offering the organ for sale.
article_snippet: ‘The woman who was found in 2011 and referred to us had not yet had an organ removed but she was completely traumatised and very frightened.
article_snippet: It is almost impossible to imagine anyone even thinking of carrying out a complicated operation in secret without the necessary medical back-up.
article_snippet: Organ harvesting is prevalent in many countries.
article_snippet: We have felt confident in child protection charity Ecpat UK that We have robust systems and procedures in place in relation to transplants but this could be something that is happening underground and out of view.
article_snippet: In many places the wait for an organ can be measured in years.
article_snippet: Most of the organs were sold to recipients in Israel, Canada, Poland and Germany.
article_snippet: A spokesman for the Human Tissue Authority, which regulates organ transplants in the UK, said: ‘We have been made aware of these two cases.
highlights_snippet: first British 'illegal harvesting' incident reported in 2011 .
  