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80 Crime L. & Soc. Change 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/crmlsc80 and id is 1 raw text is: Crime, Law and Social Change (2023) 80:1-32 https:Ildoi.org/l0.1007/si0611-022-10068-5 The organization of the human organ trade: a comparative crime script analysis Frederike Ambagtsheer' - Roos Bugter2 Accepted: 8 November 2022 / Published online: 29 November 2022 ©The Author(s) 2022 Abstract This study fills critical knowledge gaps into the organization of organ trade utilizing crime script analysis. Adopting a situational crime prevention approach, this article draws from law enforcement data to compare the crime commission process (activi- ties, cast and locations) of 2 prosecuted organ trade cases: the Medicus case and the Netcare case. Both cases involved transnational criminal networks that performed kidney transplants from living donors. We further present similarities and differ- ences between illegal and legal living donor kidney transplants that may help guide identification and disruption of illegal transplants. Our analysis reveal the similar crime trajectories of both criminal cases, in particular the extensive preparations and high degree of organization that were needed to execute the illegal transplants. Offenders in the illegal transplant schemes utilized the same opportunity structures that facilitate legal transplants, such as transplant units, hospitals and blood banks. Our results indicate that the trade is embedded within the transplant industry and intersects with the transport- and hospitality sector. The transplant industry in the studied cases was particularly found to provide the medical infrastructure needed to facilitate and sustain organ trade. When compared to legal transplants, the studied illegal transplant scripts reveal a wider diversity in recruitment tactics and conceal- ment strategies and a higher diversity in locations for the pre-operative work-up of donors and recipients. The results suggest the need for a broader conceptualization of the organ trade that incorporates both organized crime and white collar crime perspectives. Keywords Organ trafficking - Organized crime - White collar crime - Crime script analysis - Situational crime prevention - Organ trade E Frederike Ambagtsheer j.ambagtsheer@erasmusmc.nl Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Triodos Bank, Zeist, The Netherlands 1 Springer

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