Two charged with bringing child to UK to harvest organs

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Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President, and Nwanneka, his wife, have been arrested in the United Kingdom (UK) for attempting to traffic a child for organ harvesting. Both are charged with conspiracy to arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploit.

Two charged with bringing child to UK to harvest organs

9 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Nigeria senator accused of UK organ-harvesting plot

Ike Ekweremadu is said to have arranged the transport of a boy to the UK for organ-harvesting.

9 days ago·United Kingdom

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Reuters

Nigerian couple charged with plotting to get child to UK to harvest organs

LONDON - A Nigerian senator and his wife were remanded in custody in London on Thursday charged with plotting to have a 15-year-old boy brought into the United Kingdom to harvest his organs, the BBC and police said. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, were both charged with conspiracy to arrange travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely organ

8 days ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Nigerian politician accused of trying to bring boy, 15, to UK to harvest organs

Ike Ekweremadu and wife Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu appear in court in London after Heathrow arrest

9 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

2 Nigerians charged in U.K. over alleged organ-harvesting plan

British police on Thursday charged a man and a woman with conspiring to bring a child to the U.K. in order to harvest organs.

9 days ago·Toronto, Canada

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The Independent

Nigerian politician charged with plot to harvest child’s organs in UK

Pair detained after investigation into potential modern slavery offences

9 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

Nigerian politician and wife charged with plotting to harvest child organs in UK

Beatrice Ekweremadu, 55, and Ike Ekweremadu, 60, both of Nigeria, have been charged with conspiring to arrange the travel of a child to the UK in order to harvest organs

9 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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