World Day Against Trafficking in Persons


DICG's Participation in The World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

We are happy to be participating in the UNDOC's World Day Against Trafficking in Persons!

All forms of human trafficking take advantage of the most vulnerable people for profit, with complete disregard for human safety and dignity. In human trafficking for organ removal (HTOR), two groups of people are being exploited: those who are desperately seeking a transplant for some form of organ failure and those who are so poor that they are lured into selling an organ. We want to highlight HTOR because it deserves as much attention as other forms of human trafficking but may be more challenging to understand and investigate because of the medical aspects of the crime.

We have observed that many people working against human trafficking in general are not very aware of the aspect of human trafficking for the removal of organs. And we have also observed that there seems to be waning interest and awareness of the problem among medical professionals. This is the reason why the DICG decided to participate in the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons which the United Nations has declared to be on July 30th every year.

More information about trafficking in persons for organ removal can be found at:

We created this poster to reach non-government organizations (NGOs) working against any form of human trafficking. We realize human trafficking for organ removal is a small percentage of all human trafficking world-wide. However, it is important for NGOs to be aware of this problem.

We welcome you to help us reach your colleagues by putting up our poster on your website or social media page.

We have translated the posters into a couple languages. Use the buttons below to download the poster in your chosen language.

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We created this poster to highlight that medical professionals may be involved in human trafficking without realizing they are committing a crime. Physicians, nurses, hospital administrators, transplant coordinators... should know who a patient's organ donor is. Have they been trafficked? Have they sold their organ? What is their relationship to the recipient?

We welcome you to help us promote our poster on your website or social media page. We also welcome you to read a key publication from 2017 on the key role of health professionals in preventing and combating transplant-related crimes

Publication: Health Professionals and Transplant Related Crimes

We have translated the posters into a couple languages. Use the buttons below to download the poster in your chosen language.

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