- ROME (AP) -- Italian police have arrested an American for allegedly
selling human organs over the Internet, news reports said Thursday.
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- They said the man is believed to be part
of a U.S.-based ring with a far-flung operation that stretches to India,
China, Cambodia and Latin America, the alleged sources of the organs.
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- The reports said the web site included
a price list for various organs, including kidneys, hearts and pancreases.
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- A police spokeman in Rome, Guido Bramante,
refused to discuss the case, saying the investigation was continuing.
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- The newspaper reports did not identify
the man by name but said he is a 48-year-old Los Angeles native.
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- The reports said he was arrested after
a six-month investigation triggered by a call from someone who saw the
web site. The FBI cooperated in the investigation, they said.
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- Police, posing as organ buyers, lured
the man to a Rome hotel by offering him $20,000 for a kidney, the reports
said. When he showed up for the meeting, he was arrested.
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- The man has been charged with trafficking
in organs and criminal association. Police are looking for other members
of the ring, the reports said.
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