Prominent South African hospital and chief executive charged in trafficking human organs

[Panaconda]

S Africans charged in 'organ trade'

Hospital and six doctors allegedly conducted illegal transplants in case that stretches to Israel and Brazil.

17 Sep 2010 11:58 GMT

A prominent South African hospital chain and its chief executive have been charged in connection with trafficking human organs in a case that authorities say stretched to Israel and Brazil.

Vish Naidoo, a police spokesman, told The Associated Press news agency on Thursday that 11 suspects were ordered to appear in court in November.

He declined to name them, but the board of directors of the Netcare hospital chain said in a statement that the parent company, its chief executive officer, Richard Friedland, and its subsidiary in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal received subpoenas on Wednesday.

"The board has been advised that the allegations made are unjustified and that neither Netcare nor Dr Friedland are guilty of any wrongdoing,'' the statement said.

...

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/09/201091704253377623.html

"Police is saying he was what's known as the 'organ broker', the go-between, in a very complex organisation between countries like Brazil and Romania where he would find poor people who were willing to sell their kidneys, helping to bring them to South Africa with the assistance of criminals gangs here and then apparently infiltrate hospitals."

[blindpig]

1. "The board has been advised..."

Lawyering up from the gitgo, what an ya say...

[tabatha]

2. There was a strong Israeli mafia presence in South Africa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Crane

"THE South African Police Service has confirmed that the Israeli mafia exists in South Africa and is very active in the northern surbubs of Johannesburg. This follows rumours that Johannesburg socialite Hazel Crane's murder yesterday , and that of her husband diamond dealer, Shai Avissar, in 1999 are the works of the mafia."

http://www.fpp.co.uk/online/03/11/SouthAfrica_JewishMafia.html