A senator, his wife and a doctor are arrested for organ trafficking
A Nigerian senator, named Ike Ekëeremadu, 60, his wife, Beatrice, and doctor Obinna Obeta, 50, were arrested after conspiring to bring a man from Lagos to the UK to harvest his kidney for the senator's daughter.
This case is also the first for the defendants to be sentenced under the Modern Slavery Act, for a scheme to obtain organs. Donating a kidney is legal, but it becomes a criminal offense when you receive money or some personal benefit.
The man who would donate the kidney was said to be rewarded with a private procedure costing £80,000 at the Royal Free Hospital, London, and was offered £7,000 as well as the promise of a better life in the UK. Initially, the man did not realize until his first meeting with a consultant at the hospital that he was there for a kidney transplant.
In the session held on Friday, the senator was imprisoned for 9 years and 8 months, his wife for 4 years and 6 months and the doctor for 10 years.
Japan is hit by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake
A powerful earthquake has shaken the central area of ??Japan, leaving 1 victim and 21 injured.
Weather experts warned residents that there may be more tremors and landslides in the coming days, but so far there is no danger of a tsunami.
OKB ngre alarmin për numrin e lartë të vdekjeve të fëmijëve në Sudan
OKB paralajmëruan se një numër shumë i lartë i fëmijësh po ndërrojnë jetë si pasojë e konfliktit në Sudan, duke thënë se 7 fëmijë vriten ose plagosen çdo orë.
“Situata në Sudan është fatale për një numër të madh fëmijësh”, tha James Elder, zëdhënës i agjencisë së OKB-së për fëmijë, UNICEF, duke shtuar se agjencia ka marrë raporte nga një partner i besuar. Sipas statistikave, 190 fëmijë u vranë dhe 1,700 të tjerë u plagosën në 11 ditët e para të konfliktit, i cili nisi më 15 prill.
Momente tmerri dhe kaosi në Serbi
After the massacre in Belgrade where a 13-year-old boy killed 8 people, another 21-year-old shocked the country, killing 8 people and injuring 14 others. The event caused the inhabitants of the villages of Dubonë, Malo Orasje and Sepshin to lock themselves in their homes, not to open their businesses and not to go to work.
Fully 600 policemen patrolled the field and the competent bodies were mobilized in all directions. The perpetrator of the crime was caught at 8 am and according to sources, he was the son of an ex-soldier and his family was engaged in agriculture. Although there was a great fear that the police would not be able to catch the attacker, the residents returned to normality after the announcement that the author of the incident was handcuffed.
