People in Georgia are selling kidneys and livers - journalistic investigation
"I am selling and also looking for a kidney" - Shabati Eteri found an advertisement in several groups stating that citizens are selling their own organs due to hardship. Under Georgian legislation, trafficking in organs is a criminal offence, and taking money in exchange for a donation carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison. Despite this, as the Shabati Eteri experiment showed, people are taking the risk, demand is high, and finding donors is difficult.