Hopewell Valley Student Podcasting Network Show Name:  Speaking for the SilencedEpisode 7:  Organ Trafficking: Part 2Tune into this week’s episode of #SpeakingfortheSilenced! You are listening to Speaking for the Silenced podcast with your host(s) Jacqueline Sun. In this episode of Speaking for the Silenced, we will end a two-part segment discussing organ trafficking. Today, we will focus on a real-life incident of trafficking that occurred in Kosovo in 2008. Segment 1: BackgroundVictim’s name is Yilmaz Altun, located in Pristina, Kosovo Fainted in middle of airport due to wound from organ removal It was found that the organ donation was conducted a clinic in Pristina called Medicus Medicus was a chain of organ trafficking clinics that were designed solely for the purpose of making profit. Preyed on the poor and vulnerable Crime ring was operated by Lutfi Dervishi and his son, both Kosovo physicians. Actual organ removal was conducted by Yusuf Ercin Sonmez, a Turkish surgeon The main operators of Medicus had been on the run for some time, evading capture since their operations were exposed in 2008.  However, a few have been incarcerated Segment 2:  Even more twisted originsThe Medicus Case has an even more complex twist Council of Europe found connections with Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Terrorist group that sought to seprate Kosovo from Yugoslavia The KLA reportedly began organ trafficking in 1999 People and authorities have even began to suspect that Hashim Thaci, Prime minister of  So how is the link between Medicus and the KLA established? Kidneys harvested from the Serbian captives were transported to Sonmez, the doctor who was involved in the transplants in Medicus Public hoped that Medicus could be linked back to the KLA and ex Prime Minister Thaci.  Music Credits:   Brooklyn and the Bridge by Nico StafAt the Restaurant by Monolog Rockstars Subscribe to our PodcastApple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts   Stitcher   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07e_nBHLyc_nyvjF6z-DVg (YouTube)     ​​https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speaking-for-the-silenced-podcast/id1593402136 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speaking-for-the-silenced-podcast/id1593402136) Connect with us on Social Mediahttps://twitter.com/thehvspn?lang=en (@theHVSPN) Sources: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/an-organ-trafficking-conviction-in-kosovo (https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/an-organ-trafficking-conviction-in-kosovo) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/08/a-cruel-harvest-of-the-poor-israeli-allegedly-behind-human-organ-black-market-arrested-in-cyprus/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/08/a-cruel-harvest-of-the-poor-israeli-allegedly-behind-human-organ-black-market-arrested-in-cyprus/)