Kidney brokering, 2 subjects profited more than 500 million VND

On August 22, Hoan Kiem District Police (Hanoi) announced that they had just dismantled a drug trafficking ring.kidney sale,prosecuted the case, temporarily detained 2 subjects including NVC (born in 1980, residing in Phu Tho province) and NTP (born in 1988, residing in Hai Phong), to investigate the act of buying, selling, and appropriating human tissues or body parts.

According to the investigation, P. and C. knew each other and kept in touch after going to the Viet Duc Hospital for medical examination. In early 2023, through research on Facebook, they learned that many people wanted to buy and sell kidneys for transplant, so the two subjects discussed and worked together as brokers to enjoy the price difference.

The two subjects knew that Mr. H. (in Phu Tho) wanted to sell his kidney, so they contacted Mr. H. to broker the sale of his kidney.

After that, P. guided Mr. H. to Viet Duc Hospital for a health check. After the check was qualified, the subjects offered to buy 1 kidney from Mr. H for 420 million VND. Both of them would provide food and accommodation and pay for Mr. H's health check, and when he was on the kidney transplant table, they would transfer the money.

After that, C. and P. found a buyer for the kidney for 1 billion VND. After calculating the costs, C. paid Mr. H. 420 million VND, transferred the profit of 275 million VND to P. and enjoyed the remaining amount.

The case is being further investigated to strictly handle the subjects according to the law.