Trágico de órgãos: um mercado negro em expansão, de forma silenciosa

Abstract

Organ trafficking is a subject that has long challenged an accurate study of case statistics, because it is done so quietly that we cannot even have exact data on this subject. Considered one of the miracles of twentieth-century medicine, organ transplantation that aims to save lives through solidarity and compassion for others has become the third most lucrative activity in the hands of criminals, second only to trafficking. drug trafficking and arms trafficking. For many it is still taken as an “urban legend”, since society does not believe that humans can be traded in the same way that animals are traded. The crime of organ trafficking is a clear offense to the principle of human dignity, where we will see that most of the victims are poor, slum dwellers or living in precarious conditions. able to pay any amount for an agency. The present study seeks to address the positive and negative aspects of the legality of organ commercialization in Brazil, bringing positions of different authors, and commenting on the Deep Web and its underworld.