‘Alibaba of Organs’ Targeted by New Bill

Published on August 15, 2024

Nationals Senator Ross Cadell has called on his colleagues at the Australian Senate to support a bill aimed at preventing people around the world from having their organs harvested for what he described as an “Alibaba of organ database.” During a debate in the upper house on Aug. 15, the senator voiced his support for the Migration Amendment (Overseas Organ Transplant Disclosure and Other Measures) Bill 2023, which seems to strengthen Australia’s efforts in combating crimes related to illegal organ harvesting both domestically and internationally. Under the legislation, people coming or returning to Australia by aeroplane or boat will be required to disclose on their arrival cards whether they have received an organ transplant in the past five years....

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