We take you inside the world of organ brokers, bone thieves and blood farmers as they supply the global trade in human body parts.

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Part Two of The Current

The Red Market: Scott Carney

Scott Carney has spent several years following a trail of bodies ... or at least parts of bodies. He's a journalist who has been investigating the international trade in organs, bones, blood and even living people that are bought and sold on the global market. His new book is called The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers and Child Traffickers. Scott Carney was in Culver City California.

Related Links:

• Inside India's Underground Trade in Human Remains By Scott Carney - Wired Magazine
• The Rise of the Red Market By Scott Carney - Foreign Policy
• From kidney brokers to blood farmers, a journalist exposes the "red market" in human body parts By Laura Miller - Salon

This Day in History

On this day in 1812, The US invades Canada at Windsor Ontario during the War of 1812.

199 years later, The US no longer invades Canada, except through every radio station, TV channel, and movie theater.

Other segment from today's show:

• Murdoch's Watergate?