Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
The market in human organs
By  • 23 August 2018
The imbalance between the supply of organs for transplant and the demand for them can be staggering. There are about 75,000 people active on the U.S. waiting list for kidneys, livers and other transplantable organs.…
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The 'Red Market' in human organs
By  • 26 April 2018
The imbalance between the supply of organs for transplant and the demand for them can be staggering. There are about 75,000 people active on the U.S. waiting list for kidneys, livers and other transplantable organs.…
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'Red Market' investigator sees growth in organ trade
By  • 26 April 2018
"It is almost dumbfounding how many ways we can sell the body." From grave robbers who sell human skeletons to impoverished villages where dozens of women sell their kidneys to help support their families,  journalist…
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Brazil prison conditions fuel gang crisis
By  • 1 February 2018
Back in January 2017, Brazil experienced a wave of massive and grisly prison riots. More than 130 inmates were killed in a few weeks in fighting between rival gangs. Many of the of the dead…
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In looted artifacts, archaeologist sees destruction of past
By , • 14 December 2017
"We’re self-destroying our heritage." Amid reports that the Islamic State was generating millions of dollars by looting and selling antiquities from Syria and Iraq in 2015, archaeologist Mark Altaweel decided to conduct an experiment.  Altaweel,…
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The looted antiquities trade
By  • 14 December 2017
Conflict in the Middle East and elsewhere has fueled a booming trade in looted antiquities from archaeological sites and museums. Millions of dollars worth of artifacts have disappeared, with some resurfacing for sale in Europe…
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The business of poaching
By  • 6 July 2017
Might your children or grandchildren someday live in a world without rhinoceroses or African elephants? The chances of that are probably higher than you might guess. There are just 350,000 elephants remaining on African savannas,…
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Indian parents cling to hope for missing kids
By  • 20 April 2017
"They are just hoping to find their children's bodies at the very least..." [caption id="attachment_8280" align="alignright" width="240"] Mansi Thapliyal (courtesy)[/caption] It's hard to find something positive in the pain of a parent whose child has…
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The business of poaching
By  • 9 February 2017
Might your children or grandchildren someday live in a world without rhinoceroses or African elephants? The chances of that are probably higher than you might guess. There are just 350,000 elephants remaining on African savannas,…
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Three arrested in disappearance of Maldivian journalist
By  • 29 September 2014
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a Maldivian journalist who is thought to have been abducted in early August. A criminal court in the Indian Ocean island nation, 508 miles…
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