Millionaire Lebanese politician goes on trial in Spain for ORGAN-HARVESTING
A millionaire Lebanese politician has gone on trial in Spain for organ trafficking after he allegedly tried to buy a liver from poor illegal immigrants.
Hatem Akouche and four other defendants appeared in court in Valencia for trying to buy part of a liver for a transplant.
The 69-year-old — who has an incurable liver disease — is believed to have solicited vulnerable people for part of their liver in exchange for cash and work.
Akouche — former mayor of the Lebanese city El Kharayeb — allegedly did this via two of his nephews, who managed a marble company in Novelda, Alicante Province, Valencia Region.
