February 18, 2004 - 21:57 AMT
AZERBAIJAN CONFESSES TO TRAFFICKING IN COUNTRY
Azeri law enforcement bodies revealed a criminal grouping, who illegally conveyed children abroad, as reported by Azeri media, national security minister Namik Abbasov stated. In his words, these people transported sick children to foreign countries, where they were used as donors for transplantation of internal. At the same time the minister did not name the countries where the children had been conveyed. He confessed to existence of trafficking in Azerbaijan and said that intensive measures are being undertaken against it.