Murder for body parts
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murder-for-body-parts-252-15734831
title:
Murder for body parts
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Murder for body parts also known as medicine murder refers to the killing of a human being in order to excise body parts to use as medicine or purposes in witchcraft. Medicine murder is viewed as the obtaining of an item or items from a corpse to be used in traditional medicine. The practice occurs primarily in sub-equatorial Africa. The illegal organ trade has led to murder for body parts, because of a worldwide demand of organs for transplant and organ donors. For example, criminal organizatio
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Type of crime with intent to obtain human body parts
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_for_body_parts
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2023-12-23T19:40:44Z
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