And we thought organ theft was the stuff urban legends and Nip/Tuck was made of. Maybe here in the States it's legend, but in India it's really happening, to real people, who no longer have their fucking kidneys.
Many of the donors were day laborers, like Mr. Mohammed, picked up from the streets with the offer of work, driven to a well-equipped private clinic, and duped or forced at gunpoint to undergo operations. Others were bicycle rickshaw drivers and impoverished farmers who were persuaded to sell their organs, which is illegal in India.
[New York Times: Kidney Thefts Shock India]