Organ trafficking fact sheet

The Organ Trafficking—Fact sheet for medical professionals sets out information about organ trafficking for medical professionals, including details about Australia’s laws on organ trafficking, signs that a person may have been trafficked and how to seek assistance.

In Australia, state and territory laws criminalise the removal of organs:

• for the trade or sale of the organs, or
• where there is no consent for the removal of the organs.

The Commonwealth’s organ trafficking laws criminalise the movement of people into, from or within Australia for the unlawful removal of their organs.