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In 2001 the FBI's representative in Tokyo arranged for Tadamasa Goto, then the head of the Goto-gumi, to receive a liver transplant in the United States in return for a $100,000 donation to the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles and information about Yamaguchi-gumi operations in the U.S. [7] This was done without prior consultation of the Japanese National Police Agency.
In 2001, after dealing with the FBI, he entered the United States to receive a liver transplant, and gave a $100,000 donation to the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. [12] Goto got his new liver, from a queue-jumping transplant, [ 13 ] in a year when 186 people in the Los Angeles region died waiting for a liver.
The AMLC began its own investigation in September 2006 after the Philippine National Bank revealed it had received "2 suspicious transaction reports." The investigation showed that a Bolante-chaired firm, Livelihood Corp., transferred ₱172.6 million to Molugan Foundation Inc. and ₱40 million to Assembly of Gracious Samaritans Foundation ...
Masaganang Ani Para sa Magsasaka Foundation, Inc (MAMFI) [8] People's Organization for Progress and Development Foundation (POPDFI) [8] Philippine Agri and Social Development Foundation Inc. [8] Philippine Social Development Foundation, Inc. (PSDFI) [8] Social Development Program for Farmers Foundation, Inc. (SDPFFI) [8]
Liver transplantation is a potential treatment for acute or chronic conditions which cause irreversible and severe ("end-stage") liver dysfunction. [4] Since the procedure carries relatively high risks, is resource-intensive, and requires major life modifications after surgery, it is reserved for dire circumstances.
The charity was called Modest Needs but federal prosecutors who filed charges against its founder say his weren't. Rather, prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan say, Modest Needs ...
Liver transplants performed annually at the Tianjin Orient Organ Transplant Centre, 1998–2004 The number of organ transplants performed in China grew rapidly beginning in 2000. [ 87 ] This timeframe corresponds with the onset of the persecution of Falun Gong, when tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners were being sent to Chinese labor ...
A report by David Kilgour, David Matas, and Ethan Gutmann, published by the US government anti-communist think tank Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, has been a primary source for these allegations. The report claims that political prisoners, particularly Falun Gong practitioners, are targeted for their organs.