
Seán Columb
@columbsean
Reader in Transnational Crime @LivUniSLSJ. Author of "Trading Life: Organ Trafficking, Illicit Networks, and Exploitation"
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https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=30383 07-07-2013 09:41:24
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A @Telglobalhealth investigation has exposed a transnational ‘cash for kidneys’ racket linked to Apollo Hospitals, one of the world’s largest private healthcare groups. By Nicola Smith, myself and our brilliant reporter in Myanmar, Nandi Theint telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…




"We're talking about the largest displaced population in the world. 7.7m people have been forced out of their homes by the war." Sky's Yousra Elbagir is live from Port Sudan following a weeklong communications blackout amid the Sudan war. trib.al/XRlPBT5 📺Sky 501

Some photos from a great evening to celebrate the Philip Leverhulme Prizes. Here’s what I’ll be working on: leverhulme.ac.uk/philip-leverhu… The Leverhulme Trust



Our front page tomorrow The Independent ‘The moment has come to do whatever it takes to force Israel to end its war. It has to stop.’ #TomorrowsPapersToday



📣 Exciting News! The Nelson Yu Law PhD Scholarship is now open for applications at University of Liverpool. ⚖️ Available to students who originate from Hong Kong and mainland China. Apply now and shape the future of legal research. ⤵️ liverpool.ac.uk/law/study/post…


Attacks by the Rapid Support Forces and their allied militias on El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, Sudan, have escalated. If the city of El Fasher falls to the RSF, further atrocities against civilians are likely. More in Andrew Stroehlein's Daily Brief: trib.al/VnK6BsX


🚨New Human Rights Watch report : Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) & Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have executed & tortured detainees & filmed themselves doing so. SAF also mutilated bodies. These war crimes should be investigated, those responsible face consequences #Sudan hrw.org/news/2024/08/2…


“At the borders of conflict zones, selling a kidney is becoming a currency of last resort for people seeking refuge.” Humanitarian assistance is urgently needed in #Sudan. I wrote about my research on the organ trade for The Guardian Long Read You can read it here:

🤩The SLSA conference 2025 will be hosted by the University of Liverpool University of Liverpool from 15 to 17 April 2025, for the first time in 20 years. Please see the website for information about submitting an abstract. I for one cannot wait! Love Liverpool❤️ liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-2025/?



My The Guardian Long Read article on the organ trade was made into a podcast. I spoke to several people from “donors” to brokers. Their stories reveal how #organtrafficking profits from the bodies of the poor and disenfranchised. You can listen here: theguardian.com/news/audio/202…

I’m honoured to receive a Giles St Aubyn award from Royal Society of Literature for my forthcoming book on the organ trade with Faber Books. The book, I hope, will bring attention and bear witness to a hidden crime that profits from the bodies of the poor and disenfranchised.
