that are being treated here. daniel s historic case beat the odds, even thwarting attempts by these nigerian senators who visited the uk to get that case moved to nigeria. but such is the influence of sonia s family in nigeria, daniel and his family fear revenge attacks from their supporters, which is why he remains under police protection in the uk, possibly never to see his family again. live now to dr adnan sharif, a consultant nephrologist and transplant physician. organ trafficking, because it happens in the dark and it s illegal, we don t really understand how much of this happens. the world health organization many years ago estimated perhaps ten to 15% of global transplantation activity
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what happens next to daniel involves another nigerian in their 20s too. sonia ekweremadu. her father is this man, ike ekweremadu, a very senior nigerian politician for many years. his daughter, sonia, has a rare kidney disease. it s called nephrotic syndrome. either i stay on dialysis for the rest of my life or i get a transplant. these are my two options. daniel was brought to the uk to give sonia one of his kidneys. he says it was not something he was expecting as part of his job offer. the doctors stopped the process, suspecting daniel had been financially coerced, which would make the transplant illegal. that s when daniel ran away from his traffickers and told police what had happened. sonia s father was arrested as he flew into heathrow and convicted alongside his wife and a middleman in a ground breaking case that has alerted uk authorities to more cases of organ trafficking. the bbc s file 0n 4 can reveal a separate investigation into organ trafficking has resulted
his daughter, sonia, has a rare kidney disease. it s called nephrotic syndrome. either i stay on dialysis for the rest of my life or i get a transplant. these are my two options. daniel was brought to the uk to give sonia one of his kidneys. he says it was not something he was expecting as part of hisjob offer. the doctors stopped the process, suspecting daniel had been financially coerced, which would make the transplant illegal. that s when daniel ran away from his traffickers and told police what had happened. sonia s father was arrested as he flew into heathrow and convicted alongside his wife and a middleman in a ground breaking case that has alerted uk authorities to more cases of organ trafficking. the bbc s file on [i can reveal a separate investigation into organ trafficking has resulted in the arrest of an indian man in his 60s who s currently on bail. plus, we ve learnt about a number of new investigations over the past year into organ trafficking, notjust on uk soil but a h
in the arrest of an indian man in his 60s who s currently on bail. plus, we ve learnt about a number of new investigations over the past year into organ trafficking, notjust on uk soil but a handful of paid for transplants abroad that are being treated here. daniel s historic case beat the odds, even thwarting attempts by these nigerian senators who visited the uk to get that case moved to nigeria. but such is the influence of sonia s family in nigeria, daniel and his family fear revenge attacks from their supporters, which is why he remains under police protection in the uk, possibly never to see his family again. mark lobel, bbc news