Following a police crackdown on a kidney trafficking network in Delhi, two mid-day correspondents discovered that the illegal trading of organs has moved online, particularly through messaging platforms such as Telegram, which has earned the moniker of the mobile Dark web. The mid-day investigation revealed that these online kidney racketeers take advantage of loopholes to abuse the needy and poor. 

How donors are trapped

The mid-day report revealed that the organ traffickers have well-coordinated networks on Telegram and Facebook where they post blood types of the public who need urgent kidney transplants. According to the report, once a donor is found, the racketeers collect documents like Aadhar and PAN cards and match them to the patient's information.