What do we mean when we say implications for national security? Well. criminal organizations and terrorist groups are increasingly engaging in this black market industry that is valued now at a billion dollars. To give you some of the most extreme examples: ISIS recently issued a fatwa sanctioning forced organ harvesting from captives and. as they call them. from apostates. and traffickers smuggling refugees into Europe have reportedly coerced organ donations. coerced a kidney as payment for travel. A number of studies have underscored how this shady commerce also creates biosecurity threats to the rest of the world. Recipients of infected tissue or organs may become human carriers of disease.
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