Archive · 10 Dec 2025
NIA Probes Organ Smuggling Racket Sending Indians to Iran
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is looking into a bad group that sent five Indians to Iran on tourist visas.
These people were tricked into selling their organs for money.
The NIA has already charged four people involved in this crime.
This news comes after another case where young Indians were tricked into going to Myanmar and forced to work in scams.
The government has also shared that 32 people were rescued from organ trafficking between 2019 and 2023.
This shows that there are bad people who trick others for money, and the government is trying to stop them.
NIA is investigating an organ smuggling racket that sent five Indians to Iran for transplants.
Transplants were performed in Iranian hospitals, with victims lured by financial promises.
NIA filed a chargesheet against four accused in July 2023, with the case still under investigation.
NCRB data reveals 32 organ trafficking victims rescued between 2019 and 2023.
Recent cyber-slavery case involved two arrests for luring Indians to Myanmar for forced cyber-fraud work.
- Who
- Five Indian citizens and 32 organ trafficking victims (2019-2023)
- What
- Organ smuggling racket and cyber-slavery operations
- When
- Case registered in July 2023; cyber-slavery arrests in November 2023
- Where
- Iran and Myanmar
- Why
- Financial gain and exploitation of vulnerable individuals
- Number of Victims
- 5
- Location of Transplants
- Iran
- Year of Case Registration
- 2023
- Number of Accused Chargesheeted
- 4
- Organ Trafficking Victims (2019-2023)
- 32
- Recent Cyber-Slavery Arrests
- 2
- Location of Cyber-Slavery Arrests
- Delhi and Haryana
- Myanmar Rescue Date
- October 22, 2023