Police are investigating the first case of organ trafficking in Australia. An elderly Sydney woman with a kidney condition may have trafficked a younger woman from the Philippines. The deal was allegedly made without the donor’s full consent and was discovered during screening interviews at a Sydney hospital in March. The Minister for Justice, Brendan O’Connor, said ''Irrespective of the type of exploitation, human trafficking follows the same premise: that people are trafficked to supply a demand - be it sex, labour or human body parts,'' he said. Investigations are continuing. ~ Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 28