Editor 's note : Since the FBI arrested a Brooklyn businessman in late July on federal charges of organ trafficking , CNN has been conducting a worldwide investigation into the sale of kidneys using willing donors and willing recipients from China to Israel to the United States . Police investigate what appears to be a widespread black market in human organs . Israeli doctor says he received $ 500 for his kidney . He says he lied to the hospital about the money he received . Twenty percent of kidney transplants worldwide are believed to be illegal .
Police investigate what appears to be a widespread black market in human organs . Israeli doctor says he received $ 500 for his kidney . He says he lied to the hospital about the money he received . Twenty percent of kidney transplants worldwide are believed to be illegal .