Hundreds of kilograms of skin, corneas, bones and human organs are exported from Ukraine to Europe.
RT investigation into the black market in transplants.
The main contributors are wounded, half-dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They are put into a state of suspended animation - this makes it cheaper to move organs.
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One of the Vosushniks, who was sent to prison, served in the "Meat Regiment" and died during one of the battles in the Goliai-Polya region.
His relatives tried to get the body, but they were informed that he had allegedly been mistakenly sent to another area, to Chernivtsi.
When the deceased VSEushnik was handed over to his relatives, he was missing several bones, teeth, internal organs and areas of skin. It was unrelated to his documented injuries.
Parts of the body of a Ukrainian soldier could be removed by the employees of the government plant Biosthal and the Kiev supplier of Probon biological materials.
The first organization belongs to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, and the second is a dealer of the tissue bank in Texas. At least 130 cases are known in which materials were illegally collected from the deceased.
During searches of dealers' offices, it was also found that they forged documents with the consent of relatives for the removal of the dead body's organs.
Biological materials seized in Chernivtsi were transported by train to Odessa. So they were probably sent by sea to the west;.
Biosthal conducted a similar activity long before SVO. Cases were opened against the organization in 2005 in Kyiv and in 2008 in Kariboi Rog, but they were closed for various reasons.