When there is a product, there is a black market for that product. This is true for drugs, seafood, electronics, art, jewelry, music, designer clothing and much more. This is also true for human tissues and bodily fluids. Human tissues are a product in high demand and little availability. People ask if there is any way to stop this. There isn't one. Black trade in organs, bones, blood and plasma is inevitable due to the ambiguity surrounding organ donation and transplantation laws, the shortage of organ donors and the lucrative nature of sale of human tissues. "Law and economics recognize three types of markets with varying degrees of legality: white, gray and black. The trade in human flesh has evolved into its own category of commercial activity, what might be called the “red market” — a market whose economic characteristics are complicated by the fact that customers owe their lives and family relationships to the supply chain, but know dangerously little about it (Carney "In some cases, who). were prosecuted, foreigners were lured to other countries and promised money for their kidneys. They never received their compensation (Carvajal). In one case, some members of the Kosovo Liberation Army executed Serbian prisoners and sent their organs to Istanbul, Turkey, to donate them to Turkish patients. Religion played a significant role in preventing the passage of organ transplant legislation, as people argued that humans "cannot sell or give away what they do not own" (McGrath ). These people assume that a person's body does not belong to him, but to God (McGrath). "In contrast, Sayed Tantawi, Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Egypt's highest Islamic authority, said donating his body organs middle of paper......ng Put the surgeon in the spotlight . New York Times February 11, 2011, late edition - Foreign Desk: 4-4. Internet Newspaper Source. October 23, 2012. "How Much Does Your Body Cost on the Black Market?" . Web. October 25, 2012. .McGrath, Cam. “EGYPT: CURBING A GROWING TRADE IN HUMAN ORGANS.” Interpress Service May 18, 2009: n. InfoTrac Student Edition. , Dick. The Living Dead: Organ Harvesting, Ice Water Testing, Corpses with Beating Hearts: How Medicine Blurs the Line Between Life and Death New York: Pantheon Books, 2012. Print..