Anderson Cooper: “Secret Harvest,” the illegal trade in body parts

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A stunning AC360 worldwide investigation. “Secret Harvest,” the illegal trade in body parts, starts tonight 10 ET.
September 1, 2009
Morning Buzz: Secret harvest
Posted: 10:22 AM ET

Eliza Browning
AC360° Associate Producer

We’re doing a special investigative series this week on the illegal trade of body parts.

Illegal kidney transplants can be big business in the United States. No, this is not an urban myth. Illegal transplants – aka using organs bought and sold from a live donor – really happen. In fact, as many as 1,600 of these transplant surgeries are done in the U.S. every year – that’s about three a day. Drew Griffin reports on two particular cases of kidney brokering and speaks to a prominent kidney specialist in New York who tells us he’s been offered bribes of up to $10,000 per patient to refer patients to kidney brokers. More tonight on this black market and the global underground network of organ trafficking in this special investigation.

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