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Victim hits back as Nigerian politician jailed for UK organ trafficking plot: ‘My body is not for sale’

The judge told the defendants: ‘You each played a part in that despicable trade’

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023

Met police investigate more organ trafficking cases in UK

Modern slavery team reveals further allegations of people being trafficked to London for body parts

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023

Warning over rise in multimillion-pound modern slavery

.More cases of organ harvesting are under investigation.

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023

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Wealthy couple jailed for bringing man to UK to harvest kidney for sick daughter

Ike and Beatrice Ekweremadu along with their 25-year-old daughter Sonia faced trial at the Old Bailey. The parents were found guilty but the jury found Sonia not guilty

Daily Mirror · May 5, 2023

British jury finds Nigerian politician guilty of organ harvesting plot

A London jury has found Nigeria's former deputy Senate president guilty of plotting to harvest a street trader's kidney for his sick daughter.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 25, 2023

Nigerian politician found guilty in UK organ harvesting plot

A senior Nigerian politician and his wife have been found guilty of conspiring to transport a street trader to the U.K. as part of an organ-harvesting plot

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2023

Nigerian politician guilty of organ-harvesting plot in landmark UK case

A wealthy Nigerian senator, his wife and a doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking under the UK Modern Slavery Act, in a landmark case.

The Week · Mar 23, 2023

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Nigerian senator and wife guilty of organ harvesting plot

A wealthy Nigerian politician and his wife are facing jail after being found guilty of an organ harvesting plot involving a London hospital, in a UK legal first.

Evening Standard · Mar 23, 2023

Wealthy couple guilty of plotting to bring man to UK to harvest kidney for daughter

A wealthy Nigerian senator and his wife faced a shocking trial at the Old Bailey, accused of plotting to traffic a young man to the UK to harvest his kidney for their daughter

Daily Mirror · Mar 23, 2023

Wealthy Nigerian senator and wife guilty of plot to harvest organs as sick daughter cleared

Court hears 21-year-old street trader from Lagos was brought to UK and offered £7,000 for kidney

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2023

Nigerian politician accused of organ-harvest plot is a ‘victim’, court hears

It is alleged a 21-year-old street trader from Lagos was to be rewarded for donating a kidney to Sonia Ekweremadu in an £80,000 private procedure.

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023

Nigerian family accused in court of failing to ‘step up’ for organ donation

It is alleged a 21-year-old street trader from Lagos was to be rewarded for donating a kidney to Sonia Ekweremadu in an £80,000 private procedure.

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Alleged organ-harvest plot victim travelled to the UK to ‘work’, court told

The man was allegedly brought to the UK to donate a kidney to the sick daughter of a wealthy Nigerian politician.

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2023

Doctor in alleged organ trafficking case suggests Nigerian senator’s family may be paying donor

Dr Peter Dupont, who refused to approve kidney transplant, said ‘wealth disparity’ between alleged victim and accused created cause for concern

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023

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The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

Nigerian politician accused of organ-harvest plot denies offering reward for kidney

A street trader from Lagos was allegedly offered up to £7,000 in exchange for giving a kidney to Ike Ekweremadu’s sick daughter Sonia

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

Wealthy Nigerian politician denies offering reward to prospective kidney donor

A street trader from Lagos was allegedly offered up to £7,000 in exchange for giving a kidney to Ike Ekweremadu’s sick daughter Sonia.

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

Powerful Nigerian politician on trial over alleged organ-harvesting plot

It is claimed Sonia Ekweremadu was to have been the recipient of the victim’s kidney in an £80,000 private transplant operation at the Royal Free Hos.

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023

Nigerian couple plotted to bring man to UK to donate kidney, court told

Ike and Beatrice Ekweremadu are on trial with their daughter, said to have been intended recipient, and a doctor

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The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

Nigerian senator ‘flew poor street trader to UK in organ-harvesting plot’

Ike Ekweremadu, a senior senator in the Nigerian Parliament, and his wife were ‘significant figures’ in Nigerian society, the court was told.

Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2023

Nigerian senator accused of ‘organ harvesting plot’ at Royal Free Hospital

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, are accused of a plot to harvest the organ of an impoverished street trader from the Nigerian capital of Lagos

ABC News · Nov 7, 2022

Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu to face UK organ harvesting trial in January

Nigeria's former deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, is remanded in custody ahead of his UK trial next year where he will stand accused — along with his wife, daughter and a doctor — of arranging to bring a 21-year-old man to London so his kidney could be removed and given…

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