Kuwaiti MP raises concerns over human organ trafficking

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KUWAIT CITY, Nov 7, (Agencies): Kuwaiti Member of Parliament, Majid Al-Mutairi, has submitted a series of parliamentary inquiries addressed to four government ministers regarding allegations of human organ trafficking and smuggling.

Al-Mutairi revealed that he had previously engaged with these four ministers on this matter before the end of the last parliamentary session, highlighting financial, administrative, and legal violations as well as infractions of Law No. 55 of 1987 concerning organ transplantation, all of which were detected by the Kuwait Organ Transplantation Society.

One of the cases raised by Al-Mutairi pertains to the alleged smuggling of human organs through Kuwait’s airport by a foreign medical team without subjecting their cargo to inspection. This operation was carried out without prior approval from the Ministry of Health or any international agreements permitting the transfer and sale of human organs outside Kuwait.

Al-Mutairi further revealed that the Kuwait Organ Transplantation Society is involved in these activities to the extent that it provides financial incentives to those reporting organ trafficking cases. He pointed out that such activities within Kuwait even surpass the scope of the Russian mafia.

Moreover, he highlighted financial irregularities and the receipt of financial transfers from outside Kuwait, originating from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, in favor of the Kuwait Organ Transplantation Society. These financial transfers have occurred without oversight from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor or the Ministry of Finance.

Al-Mutairi noted that these transfers are made directly to the society through exchange houses and travel agencies, which raises suspicions of financial impropriety and money laundering. He supported his allegations with photographic evidence and documents confirming these financial transfers.

One local bank reportedly refused to receive these funds due to suspicions of money laundering, while another local bank accepted the funds. Al-Mutairi indicated that he would exercise his parliamentary and legislative powers and eagerly awaits the responses of the concerned ministers regarding these allegations.

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