Brig. Abu Baker Saeed, general manager of CID, said that many victims sold their cornea through Jordanian and Egyptian agents. “The CID has worked on containing this kind of trade by conducting surveillance in the airports and tracking the traders elsewhere. These efforts lead to the arrest of a Jordanian and seven Yemenis heading to Egyptian to give up their kidneys.” he was quoted by the Ministry of Interior website. Brig. Abu Baker stated that this crime is regarded as heinous as children trafficking and slavery, adding that Yemen has launched an international manhunt through Interpol to 18 foreigners involved in human organs trafficking in Yemen.

In April, the investigation with held criminals revealed that the first accused man is an Egyptian doctor working in a well-known hospital in Cairo. The middleman between the Yemenis and the buyers gets an amount of $20.000 to $60.000 and the donor gets $5000 charge for his kidney. The CID said that some of the victims are robbed before arriving Yemen.