Kidney trafficking operation smashed

Illegal transplant team conducts makeshift surgery in Hubei villa

Police in Hubei province are investigating a kidney-trafficking ring it broke up over the weekend and that it suspects of conducting at least eight illegal kidney transplant operations.

Police said that more than 10 suspects were detained, including a team of four doctors and nurses. They are suspected of taking part in the sale and transplant of organs for money, which is strictly prohibited in China.