Police in Pakistan said on January 13 that they busted an organ-trafficking ring when a missing 14-year-old boy was found in an underground lab after having one of his kidneys removed. The ring was responsible for luring young, vulnerable victims with promises of lucrative jobs and large payouts before removing their organs -- mainly kidneys -- to sell for up to 900,000 rupees ($4,000). "It was only after we followed the evidence and leads that we discovered that there was an organ-trafficking operation behind the boy's disappearance," Rehan Anjum, a spokesman for Punjab police, told the AFP news agency on January 13. Six people were arrested.
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