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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken a huge step to dismantle the illegal human organ trafficking network in Kerala. The Central Investigation Agency has simultaneously raided more than 9 locations to investigate the financial transactions and money laundering network of this racket spread in different districts of the state. Since this action, there has been a stir among the influential people of the state and people associated with this illegal business.
ED raids in many districts including Kochi and Thrissur
According to information received from sources, different teams of ED knocked in the early morning in major cities of Kerala like Kochi, Thrissur, Malappuram and Palakkad. The investigating agency is mainly targeting the residences and offices of those suspects who are suspected to be linked to the recently busted international organ trafficking gang. After the initial investigation by the police, ED has tightened its noose regarding financial irregularities (Money Laundering) in this case.
Destitute people used to become victims, the wires spread to foreign countries
Recently, Kerala Police had busted a gang which was doing the business of extracting organs (especially kidneys) from poor, debt-ridden and helpless people by luring them with money. It has come to light that the strings of this racket extend not only to other states of India but also to Gulf countries like Iran and Kuwait. The victims were lured and taken abroad and their organs were harvested in exchange for huge sums of money, while the victims were given very nominal sums.
Suspicion of unaccounted financial transactions worth crores
ED suspects that crores of rupees have been embezzled through this illegal trade. Money was being sent to India from abroad through the Hawala network and fake bank accounts. The main objective of today’s big raid is to detect this illegal earnings, bank account documents, digital evidence and benami properties. The investigating agency hopes that on the basis of the documents recovered from these hideouts, the faces of the main leaders of this gang and the doctors and middlemen of some private hospitals involved in it will also be unmasked.
